Wee Wilson Tales

My kids love to spend the night with Sasa and Grandaddy. They love Sasa and her cooking. They love to listen to Grandaddy tell his stories about Grandmama and Grandaddy Ogie. Unfortunately, there are some costs associated with these trips...they also like Grandaddy's big toys. Today they had written letters to Santa when I picked them up....four wheeler and a Vulcan motorcycle. 

A little background...I had recently finished watching the North and the South series...one of my x-mas presents in 2012. The kids would sometimes watch with me. And, you may have already seen it...but the central plot of the story is this friendship between Orry (Southerner) and George (Northerner) who remain friends despite being enemies in war. Little did I know that Jax was making applications to his own friendships. His sweet friend, Seth Slocum, has been his best buddy since 4K in Mrs. Penny's class at Northwest. They have played soccer together, spent the night together, gone to midnight movie premiers with their dads, gone bowling, birthday parties, and two full years of school together (4K & 5K). But Seth has a late birthday, and I knew that there was a possibility that he would be held back to repeat kindergarten. I had gently broached the subject with Jax about a month prior to this conversation by saying that there is no garantee that Seth will be in his same class...

What an amazing year we have had with Jax in 5K at MHS! I could not be more pleased with our experience. It is amazing to listen to him read and sound out words, and just to reflect back on all he has learned this year. In addition to education, he has gotten his yellow belt in karate, and played soccer and baseball. It has been a busy year. He has gone on field trips to the zoo, Cedar Hills Farm, Panola Playhouse, Back Yard Burger, and the park...not to mention a party for every holiday! He has made new friends and held tight to his best little friend, Seth Slocum. Some things that I want to remember about his kindergarten year: The first day of school, he said he was a little scared. At one point in the school year he told me that sometimes parents come to lunch to eat with his classmates, but told me that he DID NOT want me to do that at all. His teacher, Ms. Julie, told me that Jax truly has a sweet heart; that he is always thinking of others. She said that he is espec...

I have said for sometime now that I was going to write this book. I finally wrote it and gave it to Mark and my mom this weekend. It is a story about a tree. We actually planted the tree the year Mark and Lisa got married. Daddy said that Mark was weed-eating to help get ready for the wedding (in our backyard) and weed-eated the bark off of the tree. According to Daddy, he chopped it down because he didn't think it would make it. But, a tiny spring came back up, and the tree survived. So, we have always referred to this as Lisa's tree. Coincidentally, the tree split right down the middle the night that we lost Adam. Thankfully, the tree survived. Mr. Ronnie Smith came and cut the really large limbs that were on the damaged side of the tree. He had no idea how special this tree was to me, but he saved it anyway! So, I am forever thankful to Mr. Ronnie! It is a beautiful site to see this tree turn green each spring and to see that it is still surviving. So, here is the story...

We had a wonderful rainy Easter celebration with our families. Ronin fell in the rain before we ever made it inside the church building. He sported a nice muddy sleeve on Easter Sunday. Jax apparently had one pants leg hiked up, and Gunnar twisted his tie to resemble some abstract art during bible class. Just a typical day in the Wilson house. :) We decided to hunt eggs on the patio and mom and dad's house. They had a blast!