My big boy turns eight today. I'm not sure when or how that happened, except of course that it has been all too fast. He blows me away with the things he reads and the stuff he knows...there are plenty of times that I think he should just take over homeschooling his sisters in history and science.
Jacob's had a big year...he became a big brother again to another sister, and after a brief moment of "seriously, another girl" almost-tears, he says that we have the best baby in the world. And Annelise absolutely knows that she hit the jackpot in the big brother department.
He also made his first confession and First Holy Communion in May. Not liking to be the center of attention, he asked if he could skip the group thing and just have his at a regular Mass. Fr. Chester was so kind to honor his request, and on May 1st, First Saturday honoring Our Lady in her month, my little man received Our Lord for the first time. It is a joy to share this gift with him. And he is such great accountability, always reminding me that "Hey, Mom! It's June! I need to go to confession again." (We told him we'd go once a month as a family.)
Today we were supposed to spend the day with sweet friends at a gem of a water park that's not too far from here. But the chance of rain is now too high to drive there. We'll be rescheduling soon!
**update: Looks like we may be back on!! Thank you, Jesus!**
(Hopefully, pictures will follow. But you know me and blogging...we have relationship issues with each other.)
Happy Birthday, my little man!!!
Yay! Yay! Yay!
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