Friday Luke road his bike to school with a couple of his friend's and my friend. Well they weren't gone but 5 minutes and I look out the window to see Luke walking back toward the house! I RAN out to see what had happened and he had big crocodile tears and my friend Beckie said he wiped out right around the corner from our house. You could tell he was more embarrassed than anything! It was one of those times you want to just bury your head in your mom's embrace and hope that it will hide you from the world. The 2 other boys he was riding with were big 2nd graders and so he thought he was so cool being with them and to have a wipe out really upset him. So I ran him upstairs and got the band aids out and gave him the pep talk about when you fall off the horse you need to get right back on. After his poor little knees were all fixed up he said OK mom I will ride right now! YIKES, I wasn't expecting that and time was a ticking and he was going to be late. But I didn't want to discourage him because he is very timid and unsure of himself on his bike and would rather ride his scooter anyway. So I agreed that he could ride his bike. I grabbed Emma and her friend that we take to preschool and Gavin and we jumped in the car and followed Luke to the school. When we got there we realized that with all the excitement we forgot his backpack! I told him to go to class and I would bring it a few minutes late. But he was already a bit emotional from the earlier wipe out and so he didn't want to go to class without his backpack and told me he would just wait for me at the bike rack until I returned. So I RUSH home, grab the bag and rush back, get all 3 kids out of the car and run to the sidewalk near the bike rack and I see these 5th grade patrols trying to talk poor little Lukey into going to class. I could see him shake his head shyly. I yell to him and it was a race to his classroom and we got him in JUST as the bell was ringing! Talk about a crazy morning! But I was so proud of Luke for getting back on the horse!
5 comments:
What a brave little guy. That's a hard thing to do. He's so sweet. I wish we lived closer. He'd be such a good influence on both Kate and Todd. :)
Oh Lukey,
I just wanted to cry while I was reading this. It's so tough to grow up, I just wish he could stay a little boy. You're such a sweet mom!!!
First of all, thank you for a new post...finally! Second, I agree with the last comment...'its so tough to grow up' and you are a great mom!!!
Sara, you are an absolutely AWESOME mom! What patience and sensitivity! He will love you forever for understanding all his tender little feelings and emotions. Bless his little heart, indeed, for "getting back on the horse!" Give him a "high five" from Grandma and Grandpa!
Love you so much,
Wendy
Okay, I was laughing a minute ago reading about soccer and now I'm choking back tears. He's such a great kid.
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