Until they grow up I will be loosing my mind!

Time is going to fast, Jonathan is sick, Elias is 9 years old today, my teenager has a HS interview on Saturday and I am loosing my mind! There is too much going on. Number 1 I hate when my kids are sick. It really makes me feel helpless that I can not make them well with a snap of my fingers. Also, to have my baby sick????  That really hits a mother hard. Mostly because babies can not do to much to help themselves feel better. They can not wipe their own noses, or relax themselves to sleep, so it's really difficult. Jonathan got sick from last week when we had those two days of good weather. During that time bacteria must have gotten into his airway and created his sore throat and runny nose to make this cold he now has. For him to be sick at only three months really bothers me. Ish and I bought him a vaporizer to try and clear his congestion up. This makes me want him to get older fast so he can be able to help himself get better quicker. When Jonathan grows up I just want him to be well and for him to be a good person.

Elias is turning 9 years old and we're having a birthday party for him this weekend. I am looking forward to the party however, he is getting older and the problem is... he is getting older and I want to slow down time. Although I encourage my children to be independent he is growing too fast and I am missing some of his dependency on me and some of  his childhood activities like him playing with toys and watching cartoons. All he wants to do now is play video games and watch the older kid TV shows like Suite Life on Deck and all of those other shows with the "cool high school kids" that never seem to have parents. It seems like every one of those shows are the same with different kids but the same content. Today is Elias's actual birthday and Ish is going to his class to bring him doughnuts. He didn't want cupcakes. He said cupcakes aren't cool and the cool thing now is a variety box of doughnuts. This is so that everyone in his class can have the doughnut that they want. I thought to myself okay sir... uh... do you want coffee for your class too, or let me guess lattes? Anyway, that's my little pumpkin and he can have whatever he wants. Elias tells me when he grows up he wants to be a football player.

My nameless older child has a high school interview this Saturday. His dad will be taking him. When he told me about it and how much he wanted to "get in" to this particular school, I suggested that he wear a tie with dress pants to look presentable. So, he says to me "Mom no one dresses like that because it's lame, and I have to wear a tie to school everyday so on the weekends I want to chill."  Quick side bar....everything is about chilling with this kid!  Okay, so as not to appear totally uncool I say to him, "Yeah you might want to look just like everyone else that shows up for the interview so you have a good chance at getting into the school." To which he says, "Maybe I will dress up so I can look different." I thought to myself  hey that reverse psychology stuff really does work. I may try that again on him in the future when it's time to do chores like cleaning his room. We were on the phone having this conversation (my two older boys live with their dad) so I wish him luck and say goodbye. Immediately after hanging up I thought to myself, my little boy is really growing up.  A high school interview...than it'll be college, than marriage, kids and I'm a grandma with a snap of the fingers like that! A'Van wants to a be a video game designer when he grows up.