Austin's last day of school is Tuesday. Bittersweet for many reasons but I'll get into that another day! For one of the end of the year treats, his kindergarten class took a trip to the Old MacDonald Farm (petting zoo/farm). It didn't dawn on me (bad mommy) that Austin would be outside from 9am-2pm for this field trip. Needless to say, he came home with his very first sunburn. I felt pretty bad but luckily it was just on his nose and cheeks and just a slight pink. Not bad though, 6 years old and he got his first touch of color. =) It always amazed me that even though Austin's complexion is pretty darn white, he's never had the slightest bit of a sunburn.
Then a thought occurred to me: Is it possible that Austin's life has revolved around therapy and such that the poor boy doesn't have the opportunity to get some color? Have I sheltered him from the elements just so he won't drive me nuts? (Austin is not a fan of the outdoors-not much he can do)
After lots of prayer and discussion, Ben and I decided to keep Austin out of summer school this summer. This will be Austin's first long stretch without therapy that he's ever had. Sometimes therapy just drives me batty and I know it gets on Austin's nerves as well. Why not have a summer to be a little boy on summer break just like everyone else? I think Austin deserves it. Who knows? Maybe he'll get a small tan. =)
2 comments:
I hope I get to that point someday, i hate therapy and we are only 7 months into it.
Go Austin! Have a great summer getting dirty and tanned!
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