My Eager Beaver

I woke this morning thinking about these things....and talking to God about these things, so decided to blog a bit about my thoughts. I think perhaps recently I have been guilty of.........good grief Wendy!!..listen to yourself..."I think perhaps recently"....I KNOW that I have recently been guilty of viewing my son's excess energy in less than a positive light.....well, truth be told...a negative light. Ok, I confess ....the boy can drive me CRAZY at times....to the looney farm!! LOL! There it's out...I said it!! Guilty...GUILTY as charged!!! I'm talking about my sweet Jacob here. This post is coming after an unusual week....we had two snow days this week. I absolutely LOVE snow days...love em...most of the time! But this week, the constant spinning, moving, saberlight fighting, sound affecting, handstanding, kung fuing, karate chopping, airplane flying, snowball flinging, speed car racing, somersaulting, roughhousing and chandelier swinging (ha ha.. just kidding that one is exaggerated..hee hee) has left this Mama's head SPINNING!!!! It hasn't helped that my Mama head has also been aching, throat scratching and body chilling!! ....Calgon take me AWAY!!!!

When I was lying in bed thinking and praying about all of these things I began thinking that I often take the positive aspects of Jacob's personality for granted. He is such a DOER...and is so energetic and ready to help. I decided a long time ago that I would view my son's excess energy in a positive light! That was hard this week! The truth is though his zest for life and eagerness is a VERY positive thing!! I mean channeling all of that in the right direction I KNOW will serve him very well in his life! The boy is almost always UP!! Yes, he can be a "drama king" lol!!, Yes, he can overreact...big time!, Yes, he does have meltdowns....BUT, all of that is extremely short lived!! As quick as it happens it is over and he is back to his bouncy, happy self!! :)

Here is an example of how Jacob is....an example of what I appreciate so very much about my sweet boy...I just LOVE his eagerness and zest for life!!! Yesterday afternoon, the snow stopped and the roads looked clear...so we decided to head to town (uh..hem...GET OUT OF THE HOUSE! ;) ). All I said was "let's go to McDonalds"....Jacob's coat,hat, gloves and boots were on practically before the words left my mouth. lol! "I'll start the van, Mom" (He loves that job!). Soon after he was back in the house heading to the door with the battery charger. "Mom, the van battery is dead, but I can take care of it!" :) (sidenote..that van battery is a whole other story. The battery is not really dead, but due to some electronic glitch the computer 'thinks' it's dead????) So, while we are in the house busily getting ready, Jacob is outside with the hood up hooking up the battery charger. He started the van and the heater, cleared off the mountain of snow on the van and was "ever so happy" (Gracie's term :) ) while he was doing it! Normally he would have a path shoveled to the van for us too, but the shovel was buried somewhere beneath all of that snow.......ugh! (Still working on channeling all of that energy in the direction of "responsibility" ;) ) Now, I'd call that eagerness a POSITIVE wouldn't you?! :)

Now, the fact that he wants to grow his hair so that it is hanging in his eyes "like his friends"......well, finding anything positive about that would require some SERIOUS reaching for me......SERIOUS reaching!! So, his hair will remain above those most beautiful and perfect almond eyes. In other words...over this Mama's dead body will your hair hang over your eyes!! LOL!!! Jacob's response to that a very happy "Oh, ok Mom".......enjoying that response big time right now...he's only 10!! :)

I love my eager beaver......I love him with GUSTO, I love him with ZEST, I love him with every ounce of my ENERGY!!!!!!!!! :)

Love,
Wendy