Dad took him to the bus stop this morning!

A privilege that the other children didn't receive, because we were always running dad to work or to meetings or to church or to the other sundry responsibilities that he enjoyed. Now he has a little breather to take the littlest fellow to the busstop for this season, because of the slowness of the economy. God will provide and deliver but in the meantime. We must continue and press on. Our daddy is a monument of the grace to stand, even now!

Precocious and 5 years old!

Today I tried Mark Twain and tried to give them the experience of learning about naughty boys from the story so that they won't have to practice that path to see where it leads. Who knows, maybe if Horatio Nelson would have had a Huck Finn book perhaps he wouldn't have gone to sea or my grandfather Bodden would not have become a pirate.
I will try to use all of the tools at my disposal to give them the equipment to live godly. You are curious about what it is like on the other side of the tracks where people know nothing of the grace of God? There is fun there, for sure, but after that are the ways of death.
Have fun in the good ways and save the other stuff for the fairy-tales!

Oh, My a naughty boy!

Teacher said, he got a blue card on Wednesday! Oh no! Not my baby! Not my Ezra! Oh yes, he's a sinner too and makes mistakes and guess where it comes out. Out of his mouth, the tongue is a tiny member of the body, but it boasts great things and his little tongue was wagging when it should have been silent.
At first, I took out all of the stops. This little fellow is not going to embarrass me, I said to myself. I caught myself after the first or second paragraph of ultimatums or ultimati or ultimatatives :) I said, You know what, we are going to have a little talk about this everytime this happens. You have to know why it is so important for little you to be quiet and let big Ms. Guffey talk. He seemed to get it, when put that way. We will see!

After the class party we had a home party!

We made party decorations and used sparklers outside and sang happy birthday and the whole family was present and accounted for! We are the special people in Ezra's life. He was so excited!

Yesterday, We went to Ezra's kindergarten class

Ben and I enjoyed a little time with Ezras class while they were having a time in their centers.
Thank you, Ms. Guffey and Ms. Sellers.

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BIRTHDAY BOY, WAKE UP!

Beltless, birthday boy oh, boy!---Chocolate muffin for breakfast, with hot chocolate brew. A special birthday, for a special boy! Son of my old age. The one child that took me out of the world and brought me back again. I did die, everyday, and God breathed back into me, everyday. When I think of the goodness of Jesus... Halleluia! Now, sometimes, in the humdrum of daily life, we forget that God has a purpose for us being here. He and I are still here. Just as amazing as it can be.






Jacob lost his Rachel, when Benjamin was born, probably for the same reason I died with Ezra. Stroked out, blood pressure through the roof. Can't push, Emergency C section, one of us or both of us were gone, gone, gone. Too much pitosin, too soon in the process. Not a life friendly medical establishment. Why would you do this to a child when you can hardly care for the ones who are here, they say. They really don't know what care is all about. Love is sharing the hot chocolate this morning and moving over in the bed of your heart to fit the little amazing miracle into your life, when you thought there was no more room. If your heart busts if your blood vessels bust, if your pressure goes over the top, call the "sistahood?"

God Bless America!

I almost missed 1 day to 5.0!

Sleepyhead, mommy, was still in the bed at 6:30 am; like no other day. One day to 5, I love you! I am so happy when I hear that little voice wafting above the waves of cacophony that is the morning routine. I am going to be 5 tomorrow, mommy! He says excitedly! Me! Me! I can't believe it, My baby is going to be 5 tomorrow. I am such a last minute mommy. Cupcakes for the class? Cake at home? Surprises for me is how my baby will enjoy his day! What can I do to show him how grateful I am that he filled out our quiver and came to live with us at the last possible minute. What a precious gift he is! Not my favorite, but I can understand why Jacob, in the Bible, had a problem with favoring the baby. You just want to hold onto the last vestages of the fruit of your youth. He has so much excitement about his birthday, I wish that I could bottle it!

Show and Share day and birthday come together...

Ezra thought that everyday is his show and share day. No, honey, it says on the list that your show and share day is Thursday, this week it falls on your birthday. 5 years old this week. 5 years ago we were stumbling between funerals of Uncle Mose and Grandpa Bob. My belly was making me grumpy and cranky and I was still a whole month before delivery. Not at all expecting Ezra to come a month early. That is his personality.
Glum is Ezra's vocabulary word today. He just throws out words to catch his mother's attention. I LOVE IT!
Today's word was glum. I retorted telling him about the Jackson 5's song that included "DON'T cry, don't cry, don't cry!" Christmas won't be the same this year. This is how we knock down the generation gap. I can't believe we get to talk to someone 40 years junior and find a position of commonality.
It reminds me of Grandma Monica and Grandma Ruth who were 40 years my seniors and music and Tom Jones and Elvis and Harry Belafonte and Nat King Cole and Fats Waller and Paul Robeson and their interests were scaled down for us to understand them.
Love in the family!

5 Days to 5

5 days before my birthday my mommy kissed me before she went to work! ...
5 golden rings, 4 calling birds, 3 french hens, 2 turtle doves and 1 little 5 year old we can't wait to celebrate!

2 full weeks into school and he woke up early ready to take the bus. Last Sat. we had school to pay back for the rain day. So, of course the inexperienced Kindergartener thought that this was a usual occurrence. He was a little dissappointed when I told him that ordinarily there is no school on Saturday. What a "goody-goody"! We have to toughen him up and teach him to complain about going to school. Believe me in my experience, it only takes about a month and he'll be complaining. We'll see!

Animal Crackers were a good enough snack

for the class. I am sure that they won't be writing home to momma about the wonderful snack that Ezra brought on his day. Now, all sights are set to plan the 5 year old's birthday next week. Nothing on the agenda! Nothing else in the way that impedes our sights from that day. Not saying that something won't attempt to distract us from the celebration. Every year Ezra shared his birthday with Uncle Pat and now Uncle is gone and he celebrates. He is the baby boy like Uncle was and if he is as faithful a son as Uncle was to his mother, I am extremely blessed! 5 years old is coming!

Tomorrow is Ezra's first snack day...

We have to represent the Walker family healthy snack kick. What shall we choose? It would be my choice of some sugary sweet tooth snack that would wake them all up and give their teachers a run for their money. Not good. And not a responsible parents good choice. I am the mother, but I am the age of the grandmother. Doting comes second nature when you feel the brevity of life and you are aware that the time that you have with this fellow, you'd want to sweeten with as much sugar as possible.
What shall I choose? ie:Fruit, nuts, cookies, salty snacks, candy, the choices are endless.
Responsible snacks for the class are necessary to being a responsible parent of a kindergartner.
My first child had brown sugar sweeteners and home baked snacky things only. Now, its not fun if it has no preservatives. That is life!

After a long recuperation

of 3 days, Ezra is better and off to school. It seems a shame that it is so hot outside and it is school time. It is like that all the time down here. Beautiful weather, sunny and nice. I looked at my coats in the closet the other day and rejoiced that we really don't need them that much down here, for the pleasantness. The people seem to exude that sense of freedom of the care of chills in their bones. This little cough that Ezra had got better so quickly that I have to blame the sunshine and blue skies. Mrs. Guffey said he is behaving himself and being a good boy, so far. We will see...
I love him anyway.

I miss my baby Ezra.

He used to be so cute. Now he's a big boy and today I saw a joyful mommy of a tiny one month old enjoying the infancy time. It passes so quickly and we rarely appreciate the swiftness of its enjoyment. To everything there is a season and though it seems forever that these little ones are tugging at the heart and hands and aprons and body, it is really quite short. I am trying to remember to enjoy the season where we are. Go to bed children, there is school tomorrow!

Ezra has a cough.

This is really the first cough he's had in a long time. We bought orange juice and there will be alot of steaming tonight. His little voice is raspy and different. He needs more rest and will be at home tomorrow, maybe?
We are watching him for fever or changes in behavior, so far, none of the above.

ON THE BUS?

My baby is growing up. He took the bus today for the first time. I hope he's okay.
I can't tell if he is more the baby or if I am more the baby for missing him so much.

A sleepy boy!

In class, Mrs Guffy says Ezra had a hard time staying awake on day one. His eyes were closing at around 11 oclock. Much to think about and much to learn. We will have to give him more rest at home to help him be alert through the day.

Raptor Center

Saturday the group of us went to the Raptor Center in Huntersville. It was free for me to get in and the rest of them had to pay.

We had a super time seeing all of the birds that were there.


A couple of weeks ago I was looking for a picture of an owl to put on my blog...



Well now I got one!