For later bedtimes.
Requests for e-mail accounts.
Requests for e-mail accounts.
Facebook is not an option.
Parties that go until 10pm?
Talk of boys with blushing faces.
Training bras?
PG13 movies.
Parties that go until 10pm?
Talk of boys with blushing faces.
Training bras?
PG13 movies.
IPods with her music.
Lip gloss (okay chap stick cause I won't let her)
Lip gloss (okay chap stick cause I won't let her)
Boy Bands.
What happened to:
Bedtime stories?
Holding hands with her sister in the mall ?
Pink clothes from head to toe?
Kissing boo boos better?
Elmo?
Bedtime stories?
Holding hands with her sister in the mall ?
Pink clothes from head to toe?
Kissing boo boos better?
Elmo?
That baby smell. Sigh.
I swear to you, it seems they were all here yesterday.
Will someone please stop the clock?
Time is passing way to fast.
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34 comments:
I am so not ready and denial isn't working either. %$#%%$#!!!!!
for real... totally hear you! i may not have kids... but sometimes i'm all yea i graduated high school a year or so... yea... it's almost more like 10... YIKES!!!!
I'm having a hard time with this...on one hand, I am thrilled that they are getting a bit more self-sufficient and off to school, but then I know the day is going to come when I look back back at today wishing they were this young.
Funny - I never experienced this. Oh I cry on the first and last day of school every year, but I have always looked forward to every new phase in their lives. I think I am definitely in the minority somehow. It's not that I want them gone - I am dreading 365 days from now when they are (hopefully?) away at college. But I am happy that they are blessed and growing and changing. Yeah, I'm a freak. I'm sure of it.
I remember when I was the one in head to toe pink and wanting bedtime stories! LOL! Time is not always our friend... *sigh*
I have 2 girls and feel your pain...it will be not long until we are rocking Grand-babies and that scares the heck out of me.
Boys, bras, deodorant, lotions and potions. EGAD!
We're right smack in the middle of all that. All I can say is A.It isn't as bad as some say and B. That's probably because I refuse to hand over control:-) I was a cool mom...now demoted to just a mom. I can handle it. I love this post!!!:-)
Nope denial doesn't work. I've tried. Those sweet, dimpled hands that used to pat my face are now these giant paws. I try hard to enjoy each phase but it's really hard because I miss my baby-boy.
Oh dear. This is exactly why I want boys....cause some how in mind, they MUST be easier than I was as a child.
I am in complete denial that my little baby girl will grow up to become a, gulp,teenager. No way! I'm NOT going to let it happen.
oh my I guess that is what I get to look forward to some day. Please stop the clock..
hey modern mom and fellow ontarian. nice to meet you and thanks for visiting my blog today.
re the kids growing up. mine just grew up overnight, one day i turned around and whoosh it was all a blur. now THEY have kids.
enjoy while you can and make the most of it.
(sure i don't need to tell you that.)
:-)
wow -so so true! love your comparisons -- with three girls, i;ll experience the same thing someday!
LOL, I still kind of cry when I look at my soon to be 22 year old.. Now instead of me holding him when he cries.. he holds me...
He kisses my forehead.. still calls me mommy, and boy do i miss that yucky boy smell!
LOL.. all 3 of them have somehow lost the "sweaty puppy smell" and have now moved onto expensive cologne..even my 7 year old =(
where did it gooooooo?
Oh believe me I tried. I tried to hold on, kept them hidden but life doesn't really let us do that. We have to let them grow, move forward and trust that we have pounded countless information into them that will take them through life. My thoughts are with you.
Sometimes the new stuff will still be smattered with the old stuff. Thank goodness! :)
I so relate to you here. I miss Elmo and all his world! Talcum powder smells, cuddly hours, where did the years go - I WANT THEM ALL AGAIN
x
Have had major problems with Blogger - site blocks, removal of my followers & most recently removal of some of those I'M following!! This included you too - so have reinstalled them all & am keeping fingers crossed they don't get removed again!
Great post - it's always good to stay in touch!!
xLOLA:)
My 6th grader reached for my hand as we walked out of her orientation last night. I had been trying all night not to reach for hers. I know she's too old for that. But she reached for mine. And all was well again - at least for a little while.
As soon as I figure this out, I will clue you in. It is HARD!!!
Buck up, buddy! It's only life. From now on laugh when she crys or falls, embarass her when she's with her friends, let her make a fool of herself by wearing too much make up and looks like a clown, and forget the baby smell because if you become too preoccupied with it she may surprise you with one ...
Basically, be a MOM!
I only jest with you, don't be cruel ... love your daughter like always :)
Tell me, sister! My kids are 30 and 31--10 years older than when I had them--how the hell did that happen?
Enjoy every day with your babies. And they'll alway be your babies to you!
XOXO
my girls are 11 and 13 - the pink is gone - the baby smell is way gone, and boys and make up are the key topics - I really do miss pink.
Love,
kelly
http://www.ivebecomemymother.com
I am living that hell. Okay, it really is not that awful, just different and you get to have these amazing conversations with older kids too. Each stage is special, but I am pretty sure God had it right by putting the teen years right before they move out of the house - you get to where you are ready to see them fly out of the nest.
Oh my gosh... tear, tear!!!! I am not ready for any of that either - hell, I'm not even close to being ready for my oldest son to start kindergarten! WHY do they grow up so fast???
Oh no! I will trade you for a day. Mine is still bedtime stories, smells clean (well minus the Prune incident), but she is well on her way to iPods, shoes, boyfriends, all that scary stuff you just mentioned. But just think what a wonderful woman she will become because you are her mom!! I know...I'm a sap.
xoxo my friend!
Karie
I remember when I used be covered from head to toe in pink. But, (Sigh) time can't wait, & I feel so embaressed when I think about it...
I understand you :) Don't have kids,but have younger brother.He's college student right now,and I still feels like he is 5 years old kid.And I am so suprised when he starts talking all smart and serious.When did that happen? :)
I'm so not ready and yet I"ve been here for awhile!!!! Thanks for visiting me! Now I just have to find an hour or two to go through all your archives.......
I don't have kids, so I can't relate, but I thought this was very sweet. I hope she sees it someday and realizes how sweet it is.
I don't have kids, but that's how I feel about my nices' and nephews'. They all grew up far too fast. :-(
I looked at my 9 month old today and couldn't believe we were over the halfway point to a year. How does it happen. It makes me want to cry!
It's funny you should mention this. My sweet "little" girl just went on her first "car date" last month and I'm still in knots about it! And she's almost 17. Watching her go off to college in a mere 2 yrs is going to be so hard for me!
If I could stop the clock I would have already. they grow up too fast don't they?
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