Kids growing up :(

[Beta84]

You know I am going to tell hubby and he is going to kick your butt for that comment... no one messes with his baby girl!

well you keep inviting me to all her stuff when she's got a crush on me!

Yeah Beta, you better turn that idea loose. Besides by then you will be married with 4 kids.

I told you not to tell anyone about my plans with GG

gay marriage is still illegal in most states

 

[Bonehead]

gay marriage is still illegal in most states

Oh no didn't !

 

[greeneyes36]

My oldest is graduating from 5th grade next week and today I took her shopping for a dress... She is a tomboy and when she put on that dress I saw how grown up she really is

At first she was adament that she wasn't wearing a dress and would just wear dress pants and a nice shirt. She NEVER wears dresses. But she decided to get a dress, then we had to get shoes and earrings and nail polish to match. And she asked to wear the necklace that belonged to her Grammie.

I did have to deny her the 3 inch heels she picked out She modeled it for my hubby when he came home and he told her how beautiful she was. He says his little girl is growing up.

I don't want her in middle school yet Where does the time go??

Aww... i'm so sure daddy's response made her grin.... girl, i'm telling you... that tomboy is very much a lovely little lady in there. get those shutguns ready..lol... mine have done dresses forever and a day so it's fun to see mine tomboy it out in ball clothes and cleats! hahah... middle school -- wow... yep, next year i'll be feeling like you do now!

 

[Bann]

Years ago, before I had children, Home Interiors & Gifts used to have a picture of a mother holding a small child. I think it looks like a boy. There was a poem to go with it, that I heard read at shows, too. Later on, when I had my first son, I looked that picture up through a dealer in Va. Beach. Then came the internet and I searched for and found the poem. I printed it out, framed it and it hangs along with the picture of that mom & child.

The poem is called "A Touch of Love". I can never read it without tearing up!


A Touch of Love

You were six months old and full of fun, With a blink of my eye, you were suddenly one. There were so many things we were going to do, but I turned my head and you turned two.

At two, you were very dependent on me, but independence took over when you turned three.

Your third birthday; another year I tried to ignore, but when I lit the candles, there weren't three, but four.

Four was the year that you really strived. Why, look at you now, you're already five.

Now you are ready for books and for rules. This is the year you go to school.
The big day came, you were anxious to go. We walked to the bus going oh, so slow. As you climbed aboard and waved good-bye, I felt a lump in my throat and tears stung my eyes.

Time goes so fast it's hard to believe that just yesterday you were home here with me.

And tomorrow when the bus brings you home and you jump to the ground you'll be wearing your cap and graduation gown.

So I'm holding to these moments as hard as I can, because the next time I look, I'll be seeing a man.

~~ Author Unknown ~~

 

[LusbyMom]

Years ago, before I had children, Home Interiors & Gifts used to have a picture of a mother holding a small child. I think it looks like a boy. There was a poem to go with it, that I heard read at shows, too. Later on, when I had my first son, I looked that picture up through a dealer in Va. Beach. Then came the internet and I searched for and found the poem. I printed it out, framed it and it hangs along with the picture of that mom & child.

The poem is called "A Touch of Love". I can never read it without tearing up!


A Touch of Love

You were six months old and full of fun, With a blink of my eye, you were suddenly one. There were so many things we were going to do, but I turned my head and you turned two.

At two, you were very dependent on me, but independence took over when you turned three.

Your third birthday; another year I tried to ignore, but when I lit the candles, there weren't three, but four.

Four was the year that you really strived. Why, look at you now, you're already five.

Now you are ready for books and for rules. This is the year you go to school.
The big day came, you were anxious to go. We walked to the bus going oh, so slow. As you climbed aboard and waved good-bye, I felt a lump in my throat and tears stung my eyes.

Time goes so fast it's hard to believe that just yesterday you were home here with me.

And tomorrow when the bus brings you home and you jump to the ground you'll be wearing your cap and graduation gown.

So I'm holding to these moments as hard as I can, because the next time I look, I'll be seeing a man.

~~ Author Unknown ~~

I know exactly what picture you are talking about. My mom had the same one and I remember her having it for all of my childhood. When she passed away I wanted it but my stepdad won't give it up I know that one day I will get it....

 

[Tina2001aniT]

I know exactly what picture you are talking about. My mom had the same one and I remember her having it for all of my childhood. When she passed away I wanted it but my stepdad won't give it up I know that one day I will get it....

I will be the blubbering idiot crying like a baby at the graduation. I am so not ready for middle school. My little baby is growing up before my eyes.

 

[Bann]

I know exactly what picture you are talking about. My mom had the same one and I remember her having it for all of my childhood. When she passed away I wanted it but my stepdad won't give it up I know that one day I will get it....

I'll bet you can find one on eBay!

 

[Bann]

I will be the blubbering idiot crying like a baby at the graduation. I am so not ready for middle school. My little baby is growing up before my eyes.

At my younger son's (Thing2) Kindergarten "Completion Ceremony" (in FL) all the K teachers had compiled the pictures they'd taken all through the year of the students & made like a power point presentation of the pictures. They played the slideshow to the music of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World". It showed all our little babies when they came in at the beginning of the year and how much they'd changed & grown over the months since then.

I was totally unprepared for that presentation. I didn't even have a tissue! I should have known I'd be emotional. I'll cry at a Hallmark commercial for Pete's sake! That, and my father was very ill in a nursing center, so it was just a very hard time for me. It was really very sweet of the teachers, though. They really captured all the ways the children had developed and grown up. And the song they picked to accompany it, was perfect.

They didn't have copies of the presentation, which I thought was odd. I'd have liked to have seen it again without boo hooing so much!

 

[BS Gal]

My youngest is 26. I'm dying of cancer and, I think about his young years and wonder if I spent enough time with him. To all of you with the young'ns and not even that young, spend time with them. You won't get that time again. We're closer than we've ever been, but cancer does that. You don't get to re-play the days when you were too busy doing laundry, cleaning the house, etc., to spend time with them. My advice to all of you is to put down the chores and spend time with your kids. The laundry and house cleaning can wait. Do those at night after they go to bed, even if it exhausts you. I have a lot of regrets, but I can only tell you to enjoy them while they are young, in their teens and adults. You don't know how much time you, or they, have.

 

[tyky]

My youngest is 26. I'm dying of cancer and, I think about his young years and wonder if I spent enough time with him. To all of you with the young'ns and not even that young, spend time with them. You won't get that time again. We're closer than we've ever been, but cancer does that. You don't get to re-play the days when you were too busy doing laundry, cleaning the house, etc., to spend time with them. My advice to all of you is to put down the chores and spend time with your kids. The laundry and house cleaning can wait. Do those at night after they go to bed, even if it exhausts you. I have a lot of regrets, but I can only tell you to enjoy them while they are young, in their teens and adults. You don't know how much time you, or they, have.

 

[tygrace]

gay marriage is still illegal in most states

ohh nooo you di'ent !!!!!!!

 

[tyky]

ohh nooo you di'ent !!!!!!!

yes I di'id

 

[SoccerMom2]

My youngest is 26. I'm dying of cancer and, I think about his young years and wonder if I spent enough time with him. To all of you with the young'ns and not even that young, spend time with them. You won't get that time again. We're closer than we've ever been, but cancer does that. You don't get to re-play the days when you were too busy doing laundry, cleaning the house, etc., to spend time with them. My advice to all of you is to put down the chores and spend time with your kids. The laundry and house cleaning can wait. Do those at night after they go to bed, even if it exhausts you. I have a lot of regrets, but I can only tell you to enjoy them while they are young, in their teens and adults. You don't know how much time you, or they, have.

My heart goes out to you and your family.

 

[aps45819]

My youngest is 26. I'm dying of cancer and, I think about his young years and wonder if I spent enough time with him. To all of you with the young'ns and not even that young, spend time with them. You won't get that time again. We're closer than we've ever been, but cancer does that. You don't get to re-play the days when you were too busy doing laundry, cleaning the house, etc., to spend time with them. My advice to all of you is to put down the chores and spend time with your kids. The laundry and house cleaning can wait. Do those at night after they go to bed, even if it exhausts you. I have a lot of regrets, but I can only tell you to enjoy them while they are young, in their teens and adults. You don't know how much time you, or they, have.

This morning a friend of mine is burying her 23 year old son.

 

[Chasey_Lane]

This morning a friend of mine is burying her 23 year old son.

I'm sorry, aps!

 

[Bann]

This morning a friend of mine is burying her 23 year old son.

Oh, wow. I'm sorry.

 

[RareBreed]

At my younger son's (Thing2) Kindergarten "Completion Ceremony" (in FL) all the K teachers had compiled the pictures they'd taken all through the year of the students & made like a power point presentation of the pictures. They played the slideshow to the music of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World". It showed all our little babies when they came in at the beginning of the year and how much they'd changed & grown over the months since then.

I was totally unprepared for that presentation. I didn't even have a tissue! I should have known I'd be emotional. I'll cry at a Hallmark commercial for Pete's sake! That, and my father was very ill in a nursing center, so it was just a very hard time for me. It was really very sweet of the teachers, though. They really captured all the ways the children had developed and grown up. And the song they picked to accompany it, was perfect.

They didn't have copies of the presentation, which I thought was odd. I'd have liked to have seen it again without boo hooing so much!

They did something similar for my youngest's Pre-K graduation. Had a presentation of all the pictures taken over the year. They even gave us a copy to keep. They also put the pictures in a "yearbook" type book. I teared up during my son's musical preformance but managed to hold it together for the picture presentation. The pictures were just too funny. I am sure I will be a blubbering idiot the first day of school when he boards the school bus for the first time. My oldest has always been Mr Independence but the younger one says that he'll always be my baby. He still likes to cuddle up with me and wants to go everywhere with me. He is a Momma's boy but not in the bad way. He's definately not a sissy either and about as rough and tumble as they get. Almost too much so.

I am grateful that I have a job that I am home when the kids get home from school so that I have extra time with them that many parents don't get with their kids.

 

[MDTerps]

At my younger son's (Thing2) Kindergarten "Completion Ceremony" (in FL) all the K teachers had compiled the pictures they'd taken all through the year of the students & made like a power point presentation of the pictures. They played the slideshow to the music of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World". It showed all our little babies when they came in at the beginning of the year and how much they'd changed & grown over the months since then.

I was totally unprepared for that presentation. I didn't even have a tissue! I should have known I'd be emotional. I'll cry at a Hallmark commercial for Pete's sake! That, and my father was very ill in a nursing center, so it was just a very hard time for me. It was really very sweet of the teachers, though. They really captured all the ways the children had developed and grown up. And the song they picked to accompany it, was perfect.

They didn't have copies of the presentation, which I thought was odd. I'd have liked to have seen it again without boo hooing so much!

They did this yesterday at my sons 5th grade farewell. It was K-5 pictures of all the kids at different activities. I had to stop myself from

 

[Beta84]

My youngest is 26. I'm dying of cancer and, I think about his young years and wonder if I spent enough time with him. To all of you with the young'ns and not even that young, spend time with them. You won't get that time again. We're closer than we've ever been, but cancer does that. You don't get to re-play the days when you were too busy doing laundry, cleaning the house, etc., to spend time with them. My advice to all of you is to put down the chores and spend time with your kids. The laundry and house cleaning can wait. Do those at night after they go to bed, even if it exhausts you. I have a lot of regrets, but I can only tell you to enjoy them while they are young, in their teens and adults. You don't know how much time you, or they, have.

great advice.