Zac's Growing Up

All of the sudden we have a first grader in the house that's missing a tooth. How did he grow up so fast? Zac was the sweetest little baby boy and Carter reminds me of him in a lot of ways. See...
Well, all the sudden he's growing up. He had to give his first report at school during his last week. They had to choose an animal and he chose a king snake because he saw another poster of a cool looking snake in the hall at school. I was amazed at how interested he was in it. His Grandpa Haynie read him the book about king snakes one night and he remembered and understood so much of it. We made a poster and he had had to fill out a paper about the king snake then read it to his class at school. On the second to last day of school, Zac's kindergarten class had a end of the year program. They were supposed to dress up in their favorite outfit or what they wanted to be when they grew up. Can you guess what Zac wore? A firefighter's turnouts? Pink tights? Shirt and shorts? No. Watch the video and enjoy.


I tried to talk him out of the batman costume since it didn't really fit what they were supposed to wear but in the end I decided that it didn't really matter and he could be what he wanted. And he told me, "Mrs. Foster said we could wear whatever we want!"

Then that weekend he lost his first tooth. Those of you with children might understand that this day has been long awaited for. He's been telling me for years that he has a loose tooth. Just the week before I was telling him that he just may not loose a tooth until he's 7 and that's okay. So when he actually had a loose tooth I didn't believe him. It didn't stay loose for long though and Tom accidentally helped him pull it out while we were at a family reunion. Luckily Zac didn't mind all the blood and stuff because it was so exciting to lose a tooth.
So now he's growing up and first grade starts in 17 days. First grade seems to be a jump since it's all day. Kindergarten was almost annoying since he was only gone for a couple hours and in that sense 1st grade will be nicer. But at the same time, he's going to be gone all day. It's like I have to share him with the world now. Oh well, growing up in inevitable. Just makes me want to enjoy those little years even more.