Yesterday was a momentous day in my life. You see everything happened: my son (and baby) graduated from preschool; my daughter got her stitches out; and oh, the baby I just mentioned, also turned 5! The graduation ceremony was nice but let me tell you these mother (I'm certainly not one of them) can get vicious to save good seats for a preschool ceremony! We were allowed in the sanctuary at 10:30 for the 11:00 graduation and I was waiting in line at 10:25 to get in. Honest, I'm not one of those crazy mothers but I did get a pretty good seat. I didn't cry, but then I didn't have time either! My son got to choose a restaurant to eat at to celebrate graduation and then we whisked home to clean the house for his party on Saturday. 
I then waited for my daughter to get home from school so I could give her some Motrin in preparation for getting her stitches out. My very kind neighbor offered to take out the stitches from last week on the specified day so that we didn't have to wait and pay for a doctor to do it. Once again, I want to give my neighbor a shout out for helping us out so willingly! Of course my daughter, who like most eight year old girls, can be quite dramatic. She squirmed, squeaked, and skirted around while my neighbor patiently took the stitches out. After it was all over, my daughter said "hey that didn't hurt; I wish putting them in was that easy too". Of course, that isn't what she said as the stitches were being removed. Then you guessed it, we quickly ran home to clean the house some more for my son's birthday party on Saturday. Before we left for his birthday dinner, my son was allowed to open one present. He chose the one that had arrived via Fed Ex Overnight earlier in the day. It was an entire fleet of very, very, very small Star War characters and ships. I have been searching for this and finally found it on ebay this Tuesday! The ebay seller, Tunafeathers, was kind enough to accommodate us and sent the winning bid Fed Ex. I'm happy to say that my son loved this birthday present more than anything else he has ever received. I uploaded a video so you can see this for yourself. We ate dinner out (again) and to my frustration my son ate absolutely nothing because he was so busy playing with the Star Wars men; at least the meal was free because it was his birthday. We quickly left the restaurant to go home and clean the house for his upcoming party- Oh, just kidding... we left the restaurant to go to my daughter's school and see her artwork. Then we went home to opening presents, cut the grass, and take baths.
I don't have any deep thoughts today. OK, let's be honest- I'm not have many thoughts at all today. But I am thankful for one thing. God has promised us that He will never change. Today I find a lot of security in that promise. I can see clearly that the time I take in getting to know God will never be wasted. He will always be right there through school graduations, physical traumas and even emotional traumas brought on by the inevitable birthdays. Today I am trusting God to carry me through it all. I think my son summed the day up best when he said "I had a really good birthday, even if I did have to take a bath."
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