Hi there! Hope you're all having a great week! As for me .. not so much .. and I'll tell you in a short bit. *Beware .. this is a LONG post* haha!! First let me tell you about our new Lili's Little Fairies Challenge going on this week .. "One for the Boys". It's perfect for me this week .. it's fitting as you will see with my story that follows.
For this, I've made a Ticket Box with the image "Land Ahoy" colored with my Prisma Pencils & OMS. It is Summer Break for my little one now, and this ticket box is for him to hold his tickets in. I'll still be working on school activities with him throughout the Summer, and whenever he completes a worksheet ... he earns a star. For every 5 stars .. he earns a ticket. Those tickets will earn him treats ... a day at the ice cream parlor with me, a small little toy, maybe a little candy treat .. you get the idea. Now he's excited and anxious to do activities with me. :)
So let me share something with you. My little one just finished an amazing year of Kindergarten on Tuesday and I had no idea how much my heart would feel broken. Never would have expected my heart to HURT this much. Is this normal?!!! My Aunty assures me it's not normal. LOL!
On Monday, both Kindergarten classes held a Chapel performance for us which I was prepared to look like an idiot since I knew I was going to cry (which of course I forgot to bring my own stash of tissues). The crying must be a common thing since there were older children at the door of the Chapel handing out tissue wipes as we entered to get ready. LOL!!!! My hubby laughed when they gave him the ONE tissue wipe and he said, "hahaha! Tissue wipe?!" Welllllll .... yea .... they knew what they were doing cause we definitely needed it! LOL!!!
As I watched my little boy walk in with his classmates and saw his little hand waving at us .. I felt so honored to be his Mom. I was in the very front row (luckily a friend saved us a spot with them .. I am so grateful to them!) so we didn't miss a single blinking eyelash. :)
Throughout their performance I smiled and rejoiced with them and thought, "Hey! This is not so bad! I'm not crying!" And JUST when I had that cocky thought .. they sang their next song with their little hand motions:
"When you find my little finger prints all over your bedroom walls
And when you want to YELL a bit cause they're even in the halls
Well I know it's hard to believe, that you were once a kid like me
And one day I'm gonna grow up so remember me when I'm small
I get in the way a lot of the times though I'm only 3 ft tall
I make you forget what's on your mind, you trip over my toys and fall
Well I know it's hard to believe, that you were once a kid like me
One day I'm gonna grow up so remember me when I'm small
I've heard that where your treasure is, that's where your heart will be
I don't know much about hearts and things but I'm glad you've treasured me."
You HAD to see & hear it .. it was ..... touching.
Nowwww ... I was in the front row and I literally had to FORCE myself to look away at some point because my lips were quivering, my makeup was running, and I had to try my darndest not to let my crying start turning into full blown SPEAKER SOBS!!!! Talk about a MESS I was! And I had to dig into my purse to get out that ONE Kleenex that the kids gave us as we entered and my hubby says, "I may need that too."
No sireeeeee .. that Kleenex was ALL MINE! I needed every single millimeter of it and I wasn't going to give it up. LOL!!! Remember my hubby laughed when they gave him the tissue at the door?! Just for that .. he can use his sleeves right?!!!! LOL!
Well, sigh .. can't believe that my little guy is growing up so fast. Needless to say .. we're so very very proud of him .. and so blessed to have him be our son. Now I have to wrap some bandage around my heart and get ready for another school year. :) hehe.
So THANK YOU if you've made it this far in my novel post. Promise I'll try not to pull this on you again! LOL!
Don't forget .. oh yea .. this post was to announce the new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies! hahahah! Please pop on over and check out my lovely DT sisters beautiful works!!! And hope you'll take part in the fun! We are sponsored by J&C Creations .. how wonderful cause there's TONS of gorgeous things in the store!!!
Thank you for visiting me .. I love it when you do! I'll see ya again soon .. with a must SHORTER post. LOL!
Hugs,
Elise
17 comments:
Oh Elise, your creation is beautiful as usual and your Post is very touching. You are a normal person dear. I remember taking wads of tissues in my handbag when I attended my daughter's school functions. I shed tears when she graduated from University, when she was admitted as an Attorney in the High Court and again when she was admitted as a Conveyancer in the same High Court. It NEVER ends, so prepare yourself for every occasion. Make sure your handbag is full of tissues for you and your DH. Lots of hugs, Sharon xx
Oh Elise!
Hunni...you should know my tears are running here AND I only read the text! So..if that would have been my little Signe I assure you that my tears would be totally unstoppable! 😉
Sooo..to me it all sounds very normal! Just the thought of my little girl leaving daycare and starting school- well, my heart breaks too! 😉
I love what you did for the boys challenge! He is going to love to spend time with you and what a wonderful idea to keep the good work up 😃
Stunningly inked and do beautifully put togheter!
Simply gorgeous!
Big hugs!
A touching glimpse into your life, Elise, so don't apologise for the length of the post - as a mother of 2 not so little boys, it made me think of all the times I've sat teary eyed with my heart bursting with pride! (Just wait until he leaves for highschool!) Oh and by the way - beautiful project and a fantastic idea with the star and reward system! Hugs, Lisa x
Sweet Elise, I share every word that you wrote there... and will confess I cried just as hard when both my sons graduated from high school. and when my little presented his 3D movie, in a graduating ceremony, I cried... :) soooo he left home last week, and I cried too!!!!!!!
Your card is just sooo sweet, enjoy those moments with him sharing stars and tickets, and have fun, it goes by way too fast.
your coloring is divine, and your layout just fabulous. love the distressing and nice soft colors. Out of this world beautiful. Have a nice day xoxo
oh my goodness!!!!! you got me watery-eyed just reading this!!!! haha pft us moms... such cry babies!!! lol
this box is cool!!! I want one!!! as ALWAYS your coloring is amazing!
This is just the beginning, my sweet friend! You will be crying at every graduation...I promise!!!! Stock up on the Kleenex!
Your card is absolutely darling, a precious little work of art!
Now you can look forward to a fabulous summer with your son! Enjoy!
elise, your post i very tuching,
i'll guess i also will be a crybaby next year when my daughters first schoolday will come.
what a lovely creation!!!
i love that image.
take care and have a nice weekend.
hugs, tess.
Now you knew you'd need your hankie!!! you KNEW that lol!!! Yeah, I tell ya, they must have a tear-jerker manuscript because we just had a very similar experience at our little preschool. I thought I was going to be the Ice Queen, but then the teacher ahhhhhh, great, here come the waterworks, was saying goodbye and that our class was so special and her voice cracked and she started crying, then we all started choking up, and the kids started their first song, "wave goodbye to all our friends" and man, there it went. Does this sound familiar? Is this all from a "how to make lasting impressions at graduations" brochure? So dang sweet Elise!! And how cordial of them to have tissue on hand. I guess the wipes were for the running make-up lol!! And I hope your hubby's sleeve was DRENCHED hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Oh yeah, nice card.
Hahahahaha, just kidding!! There's more!! Cool pirate goodies you've assembled, with your map paper and super cute image. Oh, how fun things can be when you're little and full of imagination!! Great colouring and shadows too, love the little pops of red in the mix!! An entire day at the ice cream parlor?? That sounds awesome!! Awesome incentive there.
Okay, this is the real exit lol!! Hope you have a grand weekend!!
hugs, stephanne
Awh Hun!! Isn't being a Mum so special..and these feelings never change, I am now a grandmum and it was just the same again seeing my granddaughter leave nursery, then primary and now she's just finished her first year at high school..you should see my bag full of tissues lol!!!
A lovely post hun and such a lovely song too..
Oh and such a beautiful ticket box too :0)....
Hugs,
Marjorie
xx
Oh you sweet girl! What a lovely, and very touching, story. It must be so hard watching the littlies grow so quickly. I am loving your ticket box, that is a brilliant idea, and the pirate theme is fantastic! Warm hugs my friend, Sxx
Hi Elise
This is so cute, I love your image and the design too. Gorgeous.
Happy crafting
Tracy x
(Lili's Little Fairies GDT)
Elise lovely lady this is stunning beats my rubbish!!!! its fabulosu hunnie as all your work is!!!!! I used to be as bad as you too wih the tissues lol , aww huggies June xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ahhh, bless! I remember those days. My daughter has just left school and starts college in the September. They grow so fast.
Your card is gorgeous, love the image and all the fabulous details.
Hugs
Caz x
Oh Elise I can garente you that I do the same! I am even worse I cry when my pupils perform, I am their teacher... Your ticket holder is soooooo beautiful!! Hugs Sandra
Hey gorgeous lady, what a lovely post its hard when they grow up isn't it sweetie, and it gets harder with each year :0(
Your creations is breathtakingly gorgeous as always, your shading is amazing, big huggles love Pops x x x
Ohhhhhhh Elise..., my heart feels with you, I can understand your feelings 100% !!!
Be blessed,
Mo
Oh what a touching and precious post Elise! I can just picture you at the ceremony with your uncontrollable tears running down your face--but let me tell you, I would be reacting in the same way. I wish I could have heard him singing that song too, I will need to remember the lyrics! I LOVE your beautiful box, what an awesome idea, truly a treasure!!! Super job mom!
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