.: Ashton's First Day of School

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Ashton's First Day of School

Today came with great excitement and anticipation. It was Ashton's very first day of school. From the time we all woke it was 'go go go' with eating breakfast, packing bags, making lunches, putting the new uniform and shoes on, adjusting the new school bags and shoes, getting hair looking good, applying sunblock, remembering the stationary, remembering named drink bottles, book bags etc etc. And amongst all that, we still left the house on time at 8:15 to pick up Nana and get both boys to their new classrooms well before the bell rung. Ashton was very proud to FINALLY have the priviledge of being just like his big brother...a grown up, independent school boy. He walked into his first and new classroom with confidence and didn't hesitate at all in saying goodbye.

Below is a really great poem that my mum gave to me. It reflects how EVERY mother feels the day their child starts school and it's exactly all that I wished for today.

Lord, my young son will go to school today. It’s going to be strange and new to him for a while and I want you to treat him gently.
You see, up to now, he’s been a little boy. He’s been boss of the backyard, yes, and I’ve always been around to repair his wounds, to soothe his feelings. But now things are going to be different.
This morning, he’s going to leave the front door, wave his hand and start out on the great adventure. It’s an adventure that will probably include wars, tragedy and sorrow. To live his life in the world, please Lord, take him by his young hand and teach him the things he will have to know, but teach him gently if you can.
He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just and true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero and that for every enemy there is a friend.
Teach him that a cent earned is of far more value than a dollar found. And let him learn that bullies are the easiest people to lick.
Teach him the wonder of books, but also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on the green hillside.
In school teach him that it is far more honourable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to have faith in himself and his own ideas, even if everybody tells him he’s wrong.
Give my son the strength not to follow the crowd: everyone is getting on the bandwagon. Teach him to listen to all men, but also to filter all he hears on the screen of truth and to retain only the good that comes through.
Teach him that there can be glory in failure and despair in success. Teach him not to sell his brains and brawn to the highest bidder and never to put a price tag on his heart and love. Teach him to close his eyes to the howling mob and to stand up and fight if he thinks he’s right.
Teach him gently, Lord, but don’t coddle him because only the test of fire makes fine steel. Let him have the courage to be impatient and patience to be brave.
Teach him to have sublime faith in you and in himself and then he will always have faith in mankind.
Above all, let him find your friendship and to learn to love you and others around him with all his heart.
This is a big order, Lord….but see what you can do.
He’s such a fine little fellow, my son.

Photo's to follow in the next post. It's been a big day and I have to get to bed!

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Ashton walking into the supermarket quietly whispers to himself: "Please can I have macaroni and cheese, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Ashton: "I want to live with Jesus." Mummy: "Why?" Ashton: "Because he be nice to me and he gives me bread and water!"

Mummy, examining Ashton's legs, and thinking: My goodness, what hairy legs. Ashton, unimpressed with Mummy's examination, pulls away: "Don't touch them. I'm growing Daddy legs!"

Hayden gets upset at Ashton: "Right Ashton, that's it! I'm telling Jesus on you!"

Ashton with a cold: "I'm snotty as a piggy."

Hayden: "The sun is burning my eyeballs."

Hayden: "Mummy, how come your penis is missing?"

Hayden: "I get the bigger piece of cake because my skeleton is bigger."

Hayden (3yrs old) sees me get dressed in the morning and stares at my breasts with a confused look..."What thooooose be for???"

Hayden: "I don't want to finish my pizza, it's got blood all over it."

Hayden: "Ashton hit me in the heart."

Hayden learns the planets at Preschool: Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Penus!

Hayden (shopping with me and whining): "My brain hurts forever because you haven't buyed me anything."

QUOTES

Like the changing leaves of fall...My little boy is now a man.
--Author Unknown

Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!
--Author Unknown

There never has been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son.
--Author Unknown

Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and Heaven protects them. A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.
--Alan Marshall Beck

Something For A Giggle....

I Owe My Mother ....

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

My mother taught me LOGIC. " Because I said so, that's why."

My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

My mother taught me about STAMINA. "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. "Stop acting like your father!"

My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home."

My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!"

My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."

My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father."

My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!