Hello again...my poor 'ole blog!

I guess I've been a bit (a lot) neglectful. What can I say...stuff happens! This is a crazy and strange, but fun year for our family. Two freshman girls...one a college freshman, and one a high school freshman. You would think having three in the household on a daily basis rather than four would be pretty much the same...but it's really quite different. Definitely an adjustment. Here are my two beautiful girls from a few months ago. I miss having four in the house!

That's my girl!!!

She's my girl. She may not always think so. After all, she's the teenager, and I'm the mom. She's busy growing those wings just as fast as she can. I'm busy saying "no". Saying "not this time". Saying "you're 13, not 21". Saying "not yet". And, once in awhile, saying "yes". But yeah...she's still my girl.

'ello Scone

My husband said, "I just don't get it". But I did, and I smiled and said, "that's because you were never a girl". It was coming from the backseat. It started with a silly phrase, "'ello Muffin". Which was returned with, "'ello Scone", and echoes of giggles surrounded us, followed by more and more giggles and silliness. For the moment, it wasn't about peer pressure, or growing up too fast. It wasn't about girl drama, or growing pains. It was about silliness and being thirteen. It was about not yet being a woman but no longer being a little girl...just trapped in that in between place, and, for the moment, relishing in it. Some things have changed, but some have stayed the same, and yeah...I "got" it. It was about wearing each other's clothes and keeping half of your wardrobe in your best friend's closet. It was about making total sense in that nonsensical sort of way. Mostly though, it was about being a girl, and that, my dear husband, is something you'll never completely "get".