So, I cried a lot the past few weeks. I cried while watching him climb the rock wall at his LAST field day. I cried when a friend asked if we could recreate a photo of Cooper and his friends from preschool. I even cried once when PASSING said preschool in my car. I cried when looking through pictures of my pudgy little baby with his kindergarten teacher. I most certainly cried at his 3rd grade farewell program!
Elementary school is a big deal. I know that I made lifelong friendships, not to mention memories, in my own elementary school years. I remember performing in our kindergarten circus, learning to read in 1st grade (The Mitten was my favorite and I can still remember where I was when I was reading it in class), singing about Don Gato, the lonely cat in music class and Mr. Doig pulling quarters from behind my pig-tailed covered ears in gym class. So what will Cooper remember? Who will he still be friends with that he's friends with now? How many of the photos I have framed and posted on Facebook and Snapfish will I send in for his senior slideshow? It's amazing to think of the road we are paving everyday and I both want to slow it down to a snail's pace and also race to the finish just to see what happens. I'm so excited for him! But I am so, so darn tearful about it all.
I guess I can't stop crying because I am so happy for him. He has worked really hard this past year in school, in baseball, in life. He's learned a lot of lessons, some the hard way. He did really well on his final report card. He plays 3rd base and hits home runs. He likes to throw baseballs and footballs and bouncy balls and anything that you can play catch with. He wants to play flag football in the fall and these days he doesn't know what to do with himself when there is no baseball game or practice. He loves anything Under Armour and prefers flatbill hats. He still likes the Atlanta Falcons for a reason we are not sure of. He can play Minecraft for as long as we'll let him and he sometimes plays Wii baseball so much it messes with his swing in real life. He still loves building Legos but mostly, this time of year, he smells of that sweet scent of little boy all mixed up with sun and grass and hours of playing outside.
Music Cred: Thrive by Casting Crowns (to cover my copyright bases)
Cooper, here are a few things we've said about you over the years in this blog... they are all 100% true today... Happy Birthday and Happy Chapter 9!Thank you for (almost) always showing us that you know right from wrong, that you have a kind heart and love the people close to you dearly. Thank you for always choosing good friends and being a good friend to those around you.
You are a true joy, an absolute blessing and the most fun boy I can ever imagine being around. Your kind heart makes me sure that you'll be an amazing friend to many, the way you make us all laugh makes me confident you'll enjoy your life and always be happy, and the way you return the love we give you makes me absolutely positive that you will always, always be my sweet, sweet Cooper forever!
You are the absolute LOVE of our life (a title you, quite obviously, share with your sister) and every single day you make us laugh hysterically, you fill our hearts with amazing joy and you make us realize what pure happiness is all about. I tell you everyday and I will tell you everyday until you beg me to stop...You are my very, very favorite little boy in the whole entire world!
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