She is sad because last night was the last night her son, John will EVER spend the night in his own bed at home as her "little boy". He is LSU bound! Her first born. Fruit of her loin!
This is a super sweet note to John from Emma about his going away. I wish you could read it up close. It is all sweet and mushy and adorable, and then she says, "But I will be glad when I get your old closet"!
Ellie went home and got some cardstock and drew Miss Linda a picture of the two of them and Ellie's extended family. This was Miss LInda's Get Well card.
We'll be having another one of these going away parties for Taylor next year when Tashia sends her baby off to Baton Rouge too! ANd then, they'll come give ME a party when mine starts kindergarten next August! Ha.
Todd brought in some ahi tuna and it was to die for. That boy can COOK! To those of you coming to the retreat, you will find out. I have reserved his services for Friday night's dinner!
Paula went all out with the Goodbye forever cake! (just kidding.) Look at John. He is PUMPED about blowing out the "we'll never see you again" candles! Ha.
Sorry, paula. I am just messing with you. Remind me of this when I am crying when Gabbi starts Pre K. Ok?!
I suppose we are gonna miss all these teenagers hanging out at our get togethers all the time. THey keep us in the know.
John kinda has two other mamas who will miss him as well. John is the kid who comes home from a party and admits to everything he did "bad" and tells us about the whole thing. He is an open book! Unlike his brother, Clayton, who won't tell us a thing! "Hey, Clayton. How was the dance?" "Good". "Clayton, who is Jim dating?" "I don't know." "Are you having fun on your field trip to New York?" "yes".
Sigh. We're gonna miss you, John!
And then, I noticed THIS happening in the den!
Ellie was doing some sort of deal similar to "eenie meenie miney mo" to the big girls' feet. She would ask each of them their favorite color when she landed on them. One of them said, "So your favorite color is blue?" Ellie said, "No not blue. It's turquoise, actuallly." Lawd!
Ellie loves herself an audience!
See?! She was making some sort of announcement and demanded they all look at her. I kept telling them, "Now y'all know you don't have to listen to her".
This is her most recent thing.... pretending she is texting. And she takes pics with cellphones all the time. She is very cellphone savvy.
I took over the photo taking so she could go jump in. She is sooooo in her element here. As is Emma Lou. These little girls are gonna sure miss these big girls!!
But, life moves on. And John is about to transition from boy to man. And Paula will be entering the next phase of her life too. I'm glad I'll be there, right next door, to help her "cross over".
Wish I could be there for her today as she takes John down to his new apartment. Sorry, PauPau. More on why I couldn't be there in the coming days on the B.L.O.G.
I'll miss you, JuhnJuhn!!
MO
8 comments:
Good luck John!
You are a great friend, Mo! Is there anything you are not great at??? ;) Ellie is a hoot, I could only imagine in person.
Can't wait to hear about what you were up to today...
Oh, and I agree with you on the heat. IT IS HOT! I can't wait for Fall.
Good ol' Mo! Thanks for being the only one that believes in updating on Saturday night! I'm at work, babysitting a girl who's been sleeping for almost 4 hours now! I'm sort of a grammar nut and have never thought you were uneducated :)
The next generation of kiddos "come on down", as this group moves on to college life.
It's too funny how the younger siblings think, because our oldest is going to college at the end of the month, and our younger daughter just can't wait to take over her space as well!
Another milestone...thanks for sharing!
Good Luck John!! But more"good luck" to his Mom!! I just assisted Jonathan to his new home in BR this week and squalled all the way home!! IT is very hard on us mamas to let go of our babies... you will surely see in a few years time flies being a mom!!
Good luck to John as he continues on his life's journey. He's beginning a new chapter in his life as are his parents. All will survive although some might initially struggle. He'll always know where home is!
I soooooooo belong in your posse! I actually have known this for quite some time now...
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where did you get your cute purple lsu hat?!?! not the tiger, the other one. i need one!! :)
Good luck to John on his transition to COLLEGE LIFE! I so rmbr these days! Now I'm back to square one! Bre starts pre-school NEXT Monday!!!! Oh my goodness!! I can't believe my babygirl is starting REAL SCHOOL!!!
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