Growing Pains

So my sweet precious children have both experienced some growing pains in the last week. I thought I would record it here just so I could look back and see how life was when they were 2 and 5.
Colby is winding down his very first year of real school. Kindergarten has really taught him so much. He's grown up so much this year! He has struggled in phonics and reading. I know part of this is due to the fact that he was just introduced to these concepts this year and also that he is young for his age. We were so proud of him the 2nd quarter when he made Beta Honor Roll. He has really worked hard this year. Well last Wednesday he came home with a note saying he basically shut down while they were doing their phonics class work. He gets frustrated I think when he doesn't quite understand something and decides to give up. His teachers have really worked with him this year. I know at this point of the year too he is tired and in need of a break. Anyway apparently it took him quite awhile to complete his work but he finally did. Well that evening we had a talk and we stayed home from church. I explained that Wednesday night church is a privaledge and if our school work suffers we will quit going. I think he understood I meant it. I wasn't mad and I told him he wasn't in trouble but I believe school is important and going to bed early and having proper rest contributes. We went over his sheet which he hated but I feel like it was the best decision. Plus we all needed some downtime anyway! This week they are doing Terra Nova Testing. I pray he is being able to stay focused during that and not getting frustrated easily.
Lindsay is also experiencing her own set of growing pains. well she has always been my sensitive child and the one that has cried more about being left places. I mean Colby went through seperation axiety but not nearly as fierce as my sweet girl. She really seemed to grow out of this though around her 2nd birthday and seemed so confident about going to church and school. I know she loves both! Well in the last month she has had that anxiety come back. She is crying/screaming when I leave her anywhere! Its not just a few tears ...her teachers have told me it lasts anywhere from5-20 min. It really hurts my momma heart and it makes mornings stressful when I have to leave her. I know right now the best thing I can do though is keep leaving her places so that she will get over it. It just sometimes makes me not even want to go through the trouble. But she has to learn to trust other adults. So anyway that's where we are right now!
I think we are also in spring over load. Between church and school lately we are just always so busy and its starting to take a toll. We have taken a few nights off lately from church activities to regain our sanity. I love all the stuff we are involved in but we are in def need of downtime! Thankfully most of our "spring" activities are winding down this month so I feel like May maybe will be a little more relaxing!