Oak Tree in an Acorn: Little Bird, Little Bird, Fly Through My Window

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Little Bird, Little Bird, Fly Through My Window

Eve and I have started to do some theme-based play in the mornings after we drop Olivia off at school, and this week our focus is birds. (I have always loved birds and Eve's room is decorated with them. She notices them outside no matter where we are, and she loves to "Peep Peep" as well as "Whoo whoo" and "Bak bak"!) We read books about birds, such as *Pepito* and *Little Duck*. She made a bird craft project. She played in birdseed and spent much of her time putting sunflower seeds one by one into a narrow-necked bottle. Finally, we threw feathers in the air and watched them dance from the wind of the fan. It was a messy week, but it was a fun and tweet week! ;)

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Why the title, "Oak Tree in an Acorn"?

Well, really it's all about perspective when raising the girls. It helps me to think about the grand scheme of parenting and remember that what we do now affects how our little acorns will grow. Like an oak tree, we want them to be strong in their words and deeds, be able to withstand life's storms, set and reach their goals, and be people that others can lean on and trust.

We have an oak tree planted in our yard that came from an acorn my dad planted in a pot. This acorn came from a huge oak tree that was planted in the backyard of my dad's childhood home. My dad's father also planted this tree from an acorn he found on his hunting lease in the early 1960's. Our tree is thus a family heirloom, a "family tree".

It was the year of Olivia's birth when we planted our little sapling. It looked so very sad that winter with no leaves; it was, basically, like a stick rooted in the ground. Five years later, though, it stands 9 feet tall, and we continue to nurture it and watch it grow. We hope one year it will produce acorns of its own, and we can continue to pass on this family heirloom. We hope to remember it's example of how each acorn has the potential to be an oak tree, and how our acorns, Olivia and Genevieve, will one day, with help from God, become mighty oak trees themselves.