Homecoming...

This is a photo of my oldest, Darik and his date Justine (not his girlfriend-just a friend-apparently.) When he started school this year as a freshman, I asked him several times if he planned on going to Homecoming. Whether he has a girlfriend or not it seems that there are always girls calling or stopping by-so I had just assumed that he would want to go. I wanted him to go. I never went to mine, I always had "better" things to do with my time. (However, I've not told the boys that). Anyway...he tells me a couple weeks before Homecoming that he has a date and "guess who I'm going with"-weellllll... these two have a history. So, I immediately say, well I bet it's not you're girlfriend, right? Right-they had broken up. No worries, he says. So. I knew before that and I say...I sure hope that history isn't repeating itself AGAIN, for like the 3rd time. He argues and says it's only happened twice...but I write these historical things down, so I know it's been more than twice. So, I say "Justine" and he tells me ~"yeah, cool, right?". Sure... This is what happens when they go to dances. They show up together, or meet there, start off together and 1/2 hour or so into the dance-something happens, it all blows up and they wind up fighting, he winds up hurt and mad and she winds up in the middle of her friends and he winds up feeling ignored. But he acts like it doesn't bother him. Ugh. It makes me so mad. But, I have to let him learn on his own. SO. I order the wristlette. He doesn't want to...cause that's "so gay-nobody else is going to have one" and I take him to pick her up, and they go together. I go to pick him up at 11 and what's happened. Same old thing. He gets in, slams the door and says. "It sucked, I had a crappy time, I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT TO GO!"...Um, what? I didn't want to say "I told you so". He knows. But geez, it really sucks when your kids hurt. Boys don't let their feelings show alot anyway but when they do, you know they really have hurt feelings. Girls can be so mean!! Hormones. They're awful! LOL!! TEENAGERS!!! I told him that at least they looked good! :) He glared at me. I told him just to look on the bright side, he could take someone else next year!!! :)

Time Flies

It seems like it was just yesterday the boys were babies!! Now, Casey is 11 and Darik is 14. I marked on the wall tonight how tall they were. I am 5'4"~short! Casey is 4' 7" and 70 lbs and Darik is 5' 6 and 3/4 " and 102 lbs. Darik is going to be TALL like his real dad-who is 6' 4"-6' 5", Casey isn't going to be so tall... I don't think. Boy- I remember when they were LITTLE! I mean just measured by INCHES! Where does the time go...Darik went to his first Homecoming dance a week and a half ago. He's a freshman. Next summer he will be in Driver's Ed. SCARY! His voice is changing. Girls won't quit calling. Nerve racking! Casey is the youngest...I hang on to that alot. He knows this too. I don't think that he minds. Every day they change in some small way. In some way that you can never get back. I take pictures...alot of them, all of the time. I am always the picture taker-seems I am never in them. I don't always like that. We have SO MANY pictures! A picture is worth a thousand words...a story can unfold in one photo. The years go by so quickly when kids are small...it seems like you can't wait for them to get older so that they can do one thing or another for themselves and then you turn around and that time has come and gone and they are capable of doing that and so much more that it seems they are nearly independent. Nobody tells you when they are babies that those things will happen!! Nobody tells you to hold onto those little moments!! Well, maybe they do-but I think that we take them for granted maybe. All that I know is it seems like one day they are babies and the next day you turn around and they are pre teens and teenagers!!! Time gets away from you. It flies and before you know it...they've grown up!!!