True Friends

Well, another week has flown by and now there are only a few pre-kindergarten days left for Jackson.

We had a really fun weekend.  Thursday, we spent a little time at Robertson's pool. 
Friday, Jackson had back-to school might at Coleman.  He got to meet his teacher, drop off his school supplies, and see his classroom.  That evening he played with friends in the neighborhood. 
Saturday, we went to Kirksville for Benson Heeren's 2nd birthday party.  A little about the Heeren family.  First of all, Benson has got to be one of the most adorable children I have ever seen.  He has blond hair and blue eyes and beautiful skin.  He is going to be an absolute heartbreaker.  Not only that, but he has this amazingly sweet disposition.  And the boy LOVES baseball, much to the joy of his parents, Matt and Amanda.  It was so cute to watch him run aruond the yard playing baseball all by himself.  I am on pins and needles about their next little one, who is due in just a few short weeks.  I find myself thinking daily about whether they will have a girl or a boy, what he/she will look like, and what a lucky kid that will be to have Matt and Amanda as parents.  They make it look so effortless and garner such joy from the simple act of parenting!
The ride to and from Kirksville was not all it's cracked up to be.  Cole fussed all the way there, and nearly all the way home, taking a break for a short hour-long nap.  I informed him I do not want to be in a car with him for longer than an hour until he is at least 2.  But he was wonderful while we were at the Heeren's, so I really shouldn't complain. He lasted until 3pm without any nap at all, and was still being really good.  Jackson, of course, handled the car rides like the old pro he is, and was also very good at the Party.  He even got to pull the winning string from the pinata.

Something I am very excited about in the boys future is growing up seeing these friends, Benson and unnamed Baby Heeren, and Lincoln and Emery Brown.  I hope they become the kind of friends we have found in their parents.  A lifetime of memories may they have together.

I could not pick one quote today, so I picked a few.

Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, and somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends.  ~Author Unknown


A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.  ~Donna Roberts


Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.  ~Author Unknown