5 Years Old!

Yesterday Jackson turned 5. We aren't celebrating until this weekend, but I took him to the beach for some alone time. It was a sweet trip.

When we go out as a family, Jackson is usually so bursting with excitement that he'll run on ahead and I just do my best to keep up. Yesterday I noticed that he walked alongside me and held my hand. If he did go on ahead it was only a little and then would turn and hold out his hand for me and say, "C'mon, Mama." Or he would realize that he had left me and come racing back.

He kept saying things that sounded so grown-up.
Things he never said when he was four.
He blew on an old dandelion and said, "I think this is a wishing flower."

I asked him if he should pray instead (as that would do a lot more good) and he said,

"Yeah, that's what I mean. I was praying that you would tell me about the glory of God."

Ha! Jeff has been talking to him about God's glory lately, so I knew he was just saying the first thing that came to mind that sounded important. It was funny to hear his little voice say it, though! Reminded me that he's not so little anymore. And then I had to blink back tears.

But before I could think on it too much, he was jumping and calling to the birds,

acting little again!