This week, everywhere I turned I was reminded that my kids are growing up faster than I can keep up with.
Elsie is becoming more and more independent. It is not uncommon for her to get herself breakfast in the mornings and it seems like everyday she tries something new. Last week, we had a little snafu where her bus came super early and she ended up walking half way home by herself. She was less than thrilled about that at the time, but this week she decided that she wanted to try it again. One morning she asked if we would let her walk home from the bus stop by herself. She did it and she was very proud of herself.
Carrigan is also growing up right before my eyes. Now that she is in middle school she is so much more independent. She walks to and from school everyday. She's taking responsibility for her grades and doing revisions when necessary. Also this week, she has decided that she wants to embrace her natural curls. Something about that is making her look older too.
Merrick has always been the picture of responsibility, but he too is maturing so much this year. He has reached the age where he is always gone. He leaves the house at 6:30 every morning, and typically goes until 7:30 or 8. Even when he doesn't have practice, he's at the court or on the diamond getting in reps or liftings weights. This weekend we also experienced a first, his first high school dance. Homecoming was yesterday and, unlike when I was in high school, probably at least half the kids go without a date. He decided to have a few friends over for dinner and go to the dance together. It was a little surreal to drop him off for his first dance, but he had a good time.
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