You don't raise heroes: you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if its just in your eyes. Walter Schirra Sr.
Coop and Nick are playing chess.
Coop: and then you will kill my swan?
Nick: what swan?
Cooper: my swan.
Nick: you don't have a swan.
Cooper: did you kill it?
Hee hee.
p.s. he meant pawn.
Today I had a student ask me a question. A really Poignant question.
"Do you believe that things you do will come back and effect you later".
I said "Yes", and then paused and said "But I have kids".
I have actually been thinking about this a lot lately. Life seems to be going really fast and I seem unable of catching my breath and yesterday I feel like I took out my Frustration on my kids. I was Short with them and even Angry. I found myself later wondering if my lapses in "adult" control will ultimately effect how my sweet boys see and interact with the world, and that really worries me. Because I have kids, I find myself thinking through decisions more slowly and introspectively because I know they won't just effect me, but also these innocent spirits in my home.
I looked at this young kid with his whole life and a million choices ahead of him, dismissing the things he could do that would "effect him later".
Then he told me he got a girl pregnant............
Complete success.
We had a great visit from family last week.
We were expecting Grandma and Grandpa, but got a surprise of cousin Scott and Jessie and Aunt Anne.
The kids had so much fun playing together. Sometimes I feel bad that all of our family is so far away that the kids don't get to spend much time together.
When I picked Coop up from Preschool I asked him what he learned.
"I don't know" he said.
So I proceeded to list MANY different subjects getting a "No" to each.
When I incredulously asked "You don't know what you learned today?"
He answered "Mom, You don't either".
Hee Hee...So right!
Nick came home early Friday so we Mini-Golfed.
