Wednesday, September 22, 2010

My baby is in high school

14 years ago, I was worrying about what to dress my darling little baby up as for Halloween. She wound up going as a pumpkin. It was a homemade costume made for a 4 year old, so it was HUGE and round- only her little head poked out- but she won 1st place in a costume contest with it.

Now I'm worrying about how to do her hair for homecoming. Homecoming. She's 14, and a freshman this year. I stopped and thought about it a few weeks ago, and was shocked- from here on out, I'll have a high schooler every year for 10 years. 10 YEARS!

Someone tell me how she leap frogged from this:


to this:


I'm wondering where the time went? Sure- everyone tells you it goes fast. But while it's happening, it doesn't -seem- fast. It seems slow. Very slow when you add in my two younger kids. Now? She's a freshman, and looking back, I can't help but wonder...  didn't she just graduate from Pre-school?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

My teen is a freshman this year too. I can hardly believe that he's grown so quickly. Time really does whiz by, huh. She's absolutely beautiful and I hope she has a fantastic year.

nic said...

Do you have a new banner? I love it!

The Pennington Point said...

I know it! I tell them not to grow up and go ahead and do it anyway....rotten kids! My oldest turned 20 this year...now that will make you feel old. Lisa~