Comments on: Jay Jay

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:00:47 +0000

Oh my goodness. I just has the same experience with my daughter. She decided it was time for all of her ponies to go. She wanted us to box them up and take them to a second hand store near us. She loved the idea of someone else getting a chance to play with them. I, on the other hand, was not ready to let go of them. I was not ready for her to start growing up this soon. I just could not get over how hard it was for me to pack those boxes up, put them in the car and drop them off. I kept on asking her if she was sure. She is 8 and 2 months old right now – she reminded me. I see so much of myself in her – I remember how much trouble I gave my parents. I was the child who had to figure out everything for myself – no one could tell me anything. I know that the Lord has blessed me with my daughter and he has answered my mother’s prayers for me to have a daughter just like myself.

By: deb

deb — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:19:15 +0000

~Echo Sigh~ I so relate to this post albeit on the other end of the short epoch called ‘raising kids’. I’m grateful you gave words and voice to my emotions as you so often do.

Our youngest, the 20YO, left for college again today. Yesterday he thoroughly cleaned out bookshelves & closets & boxes. He brought me boxes of stuff to put away or throw away, stating clearly this was his last summer he plans to live at home. From now on, it’ll just be visits, says he. He has plans.

I wanted to say, “No! Live at home summers at least!” but I didn’t. I wanted to weep, but held my tears in the back of my throat. Instead, I tried to focus on the joy I felt in his readiness to fly.

Why is it so hard when they achieve the very thing we’ve worked so hard to instill?

By: Ann G

Ann G — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:54:35 +0000

It’s so hard for us moms to realize our baby’s are “too big” for some special toys or trinkets. ThatOtherKid wanted all his Winnie the Pooh stuff taken down from the walls a month ago and that was hard for me!

By: Kathy Vaughan

Kathy Vaughan — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:27:37 +0000

Hating that my daughter was growing up so fast, I put some of her toys away for memory’s sake. Last month she turned 40, and I still sometimes wish she was 3 again, playing with her Sunshine Family!

By: Robbin

Robbin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:14:40 +0000

This brought tears to my eyes. We are going through this with Harry and Backyardigans. A couple weeks ago he pronounced that Backyardigans “was for babies” when I tried to put it on the Tivo for him.

I felt like I was on borrowed time when I took him to a little playmate’s birthday party and it was, you guessed it, Backyardigans.

When he puts aside Thomas, I will weep uncontrollably.

By: Sir Nottaguy-Imadad

Sir Nottaguy-Imadad — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:54:26 +0000

It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who goes through this. When my 8 year old grandson told me that he didn’t want to watch the Thomas the Train videos anymmore, I was crushed. I’m a big model train junkie so I watched them for the layouts. I do have younger grandkids that I will have to introduce to Thomas.

By: Amy @ Living Locurto

Amy @ Living Locurto — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:44:31 +0000

Oh yeah… we are soooo over Thomas and Jay Jay! Get ready for light sabers and legos!! Every now and then those Thomas toys come back out though:-) I did just sell the train table and was a little sad, but man do we have a much bigger play room now.

By: RefreshMom

RefreshMom — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:50:24 +0000

Replace Jay Jay with Thomas and planes with trains and you’ve described my son. He moved to wooden “trains without faces” to wooden trains that look just like the real thing (Santa Fe, Union Pacific, etc). Now he wants genuine model trains and it makes his day if we see an actual freight train.

Every now and then he talks about selling all his Thomas stuff so he can buy more model train things. I want to stick Thomas in a box and keep it for ‘one of those days’ when he’ll be old enough to be glad to see Thomas and Percy and Alfie (the digger that he carried around for his whole 3rd year) again.

By: HarryJacksMom

HarryJacksMom — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:36:45 +0000

I have a secret stash of the favorite toys of my sons (or me!) that I hope to pass on to their kids one day. My mom just pulled out a book she read as a child to read with them, so I’m hoping to find new treasures….but it sure is bittersweet. Big hugs!

By: Lisa Beth W.

Lisa Beth W. — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:46:03 +0000

Oh, MAN! Why did you have to post a thing like that? I have five girls, and my latest child is my only boy. He is going on three in September. He is my little lover boy, and I don’t want him to grow up! Waaaaahhhh!!

But this is so sweet to read at the same time.