I've heard it said time and time again "kids grow up so fast". It used to be me they were talking about, now its me talking about my kids. Zachary had a friend from school show up last week asking for him to play, first time we had one of those. Most times its scheduled playdates we drop off or the kids are dropped off at our doorstep. Anyway I don't know if its just me but I cannot allow my kids to be out front if I'm not there with them, so Zachary and his friend had to play inside or out back. Bonus of living in Las Vegas it was nice enough to play outside in February, without layers, so the kids played in the backyard for awhile. Some time passed and slowly Alyssa, Zachary and then his friend all came in. As they were all gathered around talking about Pokemon cards Alyssa came over and whispered to me "me and Zacharys' friend are like boyfriend and girlfriend"...my first reaction was AAAHHH!!! This was not supposed to start happening till like high school or for goodness sake middle school, not kindergarten. Then after I stopped freaking out and told her this is absolutely not your "boyfriend" she told me "well its okay if I just color a picture for him right?" I thought okay, but thats it! Then this very same day I asked Gaby if she needed her diaper changed, she walked off so I followed. She went into the bathroom-? Really I thought. So took off her diaper and put her on the potty. Of course nothing happened, but she is only 15mos old. Now although I started with Alyssa at 16mos I really had no intention on starting Gaby so soon. Now anytime someone mentions potty she goes into the bathroom and puts her little seat on the toilet and waits for help, but not very long-then she starts playing in the toilet, eehw!
Its days like these that make me realize how important it is to cherish every moment I have to spend with my children because they really do grow up too fast. Right mom?
