Living the Knight life

At the elementary school they have something called the Knights of Guild. At the end of each month one student is chosen to receive a medal for a character trait. Aidan gets a Knights of Guild medal every year since he started school. Usually he gets it right out of the gate. He was a little stressed this time around but ended up getting it the last week of school.

He got the medal for confidence. His award read.....Aidan Cavender is such a cool kid. He is always so positive in my class and you can tell he believes in himself and his abilities. Throughout the year his confidence rose to a new level and you can tell. Aidan makes our class laugh and he is looked up to as a role model. He is confident when he does his work and he never douts himself. I know that taking these risks now will pay off in his future. I wish him the best of luck, Aidan C great job. See people I'm not that bad, I'm doing something right! His kinder year he got a medal for discipline. His first grade year he got perseverance. Now confidence. Proud Mama for sure. Kid has me to thank, for he gets all this from me! I'm kind of laughing right now because that is a slight white lie. I have NO discipline. Just ask my Dad....aka....the Grump. Perseverance maybe a little. Confidence maybe after a cocktail. Starting to wonder where this kid came from? Maybe they gave me the wrong child in the hospital.

He looks so proud in this picture! He should be. How great to be recognized for confidence. Now I know I vent a lot in this blog but I am writing it to give to my boys when they have their first child. I have to say I couldn't be more proud of him. This was my very un-planned child. I cried a lot of his pregnancy wondering how I would raise three boys. What a blessing he turned out to be. I can't imagine life without him. Now don't ask me this at the end of summer break because I may not feel the same way.

I'm behind on this blog trying to be nice about him. Truth be told I'm not even a week into summer break. He and his brothers are about to break me. More to come with that!

As happy as I am, my bubble is burst real fast. Cole my middle kid who is by far my hardest child is coming in right after. His class is about to find out who's winning the award. He spots me and starts smiling and waving to me. Now this same shit happened last year when Aidan got the award. He thinks I am here because he is going to get the award. I walk out to talk to him. Aidan is right behind me with his medal. As soon as he sees him his face gets red and his eyes tear up. This about kills me! Now as hard as Cole can be at home his teachers always say he is a model child in the classroom. I seriously drop off and pick up a different child at school. I don't know why but he has never earned the Knights of Guild award. All I can do is give him a big hug and tell him I think he is awesome. Blake never got the Knights award either! Maybe I finally got things right on number three. Now Cole did get awarded for being the most polite child in his class. This to me is better than anything! To be polite is a huge thing. I couldn't be more proud of him.

Writing this blog tonight I am thinking about my up coming trip to Chicago. I am sad since I moved to Texas almost twenty years ago. I go home every summer since I moved here. The one person I always look so forward to seeing is not going to be there for the first time. It's a weird feeling. I wish in a perfect world we could keep our Grandmas around forever. I'm stressed all the time about raising three boys. My Grandma raised six plus a girl, still wonder how she did it! I love her and miss her all the time. My trip will not be the same without her. I will miss how her eyes light up when we walked in her house. She was the one person in life that was always happy to see us no matter what. Of course Dad..aka.. Grumps and Mom..aka....Debbie downer do that for my kids kids now. I still miss my Grandma.

Anywho, still trying to workout. Said I would never be that work out barbie, but here I am. Can't get rid of belly fat. I know, I know, No more cheeseburgers, cheese fries, and Dr peppers! Like I said before no SELF DISCIPLINE. If Aidan didn't look like a Mini Hub's I would wonder! Why did Debbie have to be right about shit catching up with you????? Crazy thing is she hung a sign above my bedroom door that said........Beauty fades dumb is forever. Beauty doesn't fade if your not a chicken shit like me and get botox and fillers! Sad I'm afraid! So it is what it is! Anywho these people I live with are driving me crazy! Sorry for bad grammer or misspellings to tired to proof read.