Life

I can't believe how fast this year is flying by. We are halfway though it and I just want everything to stop for a moment. Lauren has finished 5th grade and in the fall will join the ranks of the Junior High. Ugh. Alec finished 2nd grade with great grades and an excellent Accelerated Reader record. He has one more year in Milledgeville before having to ride the shuttle bus over to Chadwick. Will had a great time in the Tot-time program offered by our Park District. We signed him up for T-ball this summer and his pictures are SO cute! Lauren is in the home stretch of finishing her softball season. Her team won their first game in the tournament. She has improved greatly over this season. She is even able to hit off the really fast pitchers! Yay Lauren! Alec is having fun in his second year of PeeWee baseball. He has become one of their best hitters and has been playing different positions to see where he is best suited. He likes to play short stop and pitchers helper the best. In one more month he will start football. There is a league in the town next to us that has a 7-8 year old team and he really wants to play. I pray that he doesn't get hurt. He is so athletic and I do want to give him the opportunity to learn more about the sport. I guess mostly I am just wishing I could keep my kids from growing up too fast. I love every hug I get from William with the little pats of his hand on my back. I love how Alec always asks to be tickled before bedtime. I love how Lauren still likes me to read to her (although the books have drastically changed over the years). But time marches on and I guess I just have to savor these moments for now and remember them.