JACK'S END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TRIP

NEAR THE END OF MAY, I GOT THE CALL, "MOM,WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE JACKY ON HIS CLASS TRIP FROM THE DAY CARE CENTER?" DID I EVER WANT TO DO THAT IN A HURRY! THE DAY CAME AND WE WERE GOING TO "THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE" WHICH IS ONLY RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM ME, IT USED TO BE A DINKY LITTLE 'PUMPKIN' PLACE, BUT NOW IT IS A MASSIVE PLACE OF EXCITEMENT, DREAMS, AND HAPPENINGS. BUT I WENT UP TO THE DAY CARE CENTER TO RIDE THE BUS WITH HIM BECAUSE IT IS AN HOURS DRIVE TO GET THERE. TIME TO BE WELL SPENT CHATTING HIM UP, COMING AND GOING.

THE PARK OPENED A DAY EARLY TO ALLOW ALL PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN TO GO WITH OUT THE LARGER KIDS TO SPOIL THEIR FUN. THE WATER PARK WAS NOT OPEN, SO NONE OF THEM WOULD DROWN, AND THE GAMES WOULD ONLY HAVE LITTLE CHILDREN IN LINE. WHAT A NICE THING FOR THEM TO DO!!!

WE ENTERED "THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE" AND IT WAS CERTAINLY ENCHANTING! AS WE WENT THROUGH THE FRONT GATE, WE CAUGHT A HAY RIDE BY TRACTOR, I ADMIT IT WAS A SURE THING, BUT HORSES WOULD HAVE MADE A BETTER MEMORY.


WHEN JACK CLIMBED UP INTO THAT WAGON WITH FRESH SMELLING LOOSE HAY, HE THREW HIMSELF INTO IT FLAT OUT, AND ROLLED AND SNIFFED THE AIR AS IF HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE FARM BOY.....

THE RIDE SHOWED HIM WHAT HE COULD EXPECT FROM THE PARK, AND HE LOVED THE EXCITEMENT OF IT ALL. ME? I LOVED SITTING IN THE WARM MAY SUNSHINE WITH LITTLE JACK, ON THE HAYRIDE, REMEMBERING MY OWN LIFE AND THE MANY REAL HAY RIDES WITH REAL HORSES.......ENJOYING NOT HAVING TO SHARE JACK WITH ANYONE ELSE. A DAY ALL TO MYSELF WITH HIM. EATING LUNCH, RIDING THE DRAGON, AND WHATEVER ELSE WOULD HAPPEN.

BUT I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN HE IS A LOVING AND CARING LITTLE GUY, AFTER ALL, HE HAD ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD HE IS "GRAMMY'S BEST BOY".......ALL BY HIMSELF!