It's just corn...

Earlier this spring, Ethan, Sydney and I diligently planted our new garden. The old garden was not getting enough sunlight, so Greg built us a new one. He plotted it, tilled and even built us a fence around it to keep out the wildlife.

Sydney, Ethan and I went and pounded in stakes, made string for straight rows, hoed the rows and planted our seeds. Ethan was especially thrilled. He loves everything about the garden. He loves weeding it, picking beans and peas, and watching everything grow. He helped water it too with the 200 feet of hose we needed.

Ethan has gone down several times to check the garden and tends to pick things that aren't ready yet. He insists they are. This week it's been the carrots. They beg to pick, wash and eat carrots...which I always say yes to. He loves eating lettuce and radishes too. The radishes didn't fare to well and are still in the garden, but he picks them anyway.

Today Ethan's brain is stuck. He's in a state of fear or chaos. So Ethan asked if he could pick some corn. I said, "No, we aren't going to be home for dinner tonight. You have to eat corn the day you pick it. We are having company on Monday, so we'll eat it then." So Ethan got 3 other kids to help him pick corn, because he interpretted that statement to mean, "Yes, let's all go pick corn right now." So I was interrupted from weeding my flowers for Sydney to ask if we could still eat corn when it breaks in half. I asked her why she was picking corn, to which she replyed...oh Ethan told us all that we should pick it. Aaaahhhhhh. (That's me, not Ethan.)

It's corn, it's not a big deal. We can always buy corn. I'm just sad that all our painstaking work in the garden was picked for nothing. I'm sad that my boy is in this state. The fear of school starting is back again. I'm sure we'll be stuck until we are 3 or 4 weeks into the swing of school. It just makes me wonder what in the world happened to these boys that makes them fear the school schedule, or is it just anything new that is scary? I know they've had many scary experiences in their lives. I just wish a hug and a kiss could take it all away, but of course it isn't that easy. Please pray for my boys for the next month. I'm sure it'll be a tough one for them.