Growing up

My boys are growing up too fast for me I wish they could stay little for a while longer but they must grow up. I didn't realize until last night though that I'm not the only one who thinks my boys should stay little.  I was checking on them last night and found Dallin crying on his pillow.  I asked him what was wrong and he said, "I don't want to grow up and move away from you." then he burst into tears and I tried to comfort him.  I told him that he would always be welcome at our house and that he didn't have to leave until he was ready.  That wasn't  what he wanted to hear because it still entailed leaving eventually. So I proposed a new idea.  "How about if on your next birthday you just turn 5 again. We will just put 5 candles on you cake and tell everyone you are 5 and you can just turn 5 every year."  This time he started laughing.  Thankfully it made him feel better.  

I remember being little and not wanting to ever leave parents too. I think it's hard to wrap your mind around that kind of thing when you are so young and can't really imagine having a family of your own and being independent of your parents.  Bless his heart for wanting to stay little just so he can stay with me. I love being a mom.