A couple weeks ago the girls and I did a little shopping while Daddy was gone for the weekend. A little dinner and some school supplies is what the plan was. First stop shoes. Both needed their feet measured as the shoes optional or at minimal flip-flop weather will be gone before we know it. Kaylee needs shoes for PE. So as we were perusing the shoe selection and the girls excitedly trying on EVERY pair, Kaylee asks "Mom, when are you going to buy me high heels?" "I'm growing-up you know!"
While my response was "Your school supply list says you need tennis shoes for PE not high heels." my mind was thinking "I know." Maybe we aren't quite ready for the high heels, but she is growing up. In less than 2 weeks I will have a first grader. While I'm excited for all these new things and experiences I find myself searching for a pause button, some days a rewind button.
Not only on days when she so directly tells me that she is growing up do I realize this, but on days where she is talking about music groups that I know nothing about. I thought I did a good job in keeping with the know??? I notice it on days when she hugs me and I don't have to bend over so much anymore. I notice it on days when reads her chapter book to me, she just finished one of the Diary of a Wimpy kid books. I notice it on days where we are at the mall and she wants to try clothes on, or picks things out to reflect who she is and her style. I realize this when she is having rational and logical arguments with me and not so much emotional ones (although the emotional ones are still the majority:))
Yep, she's growing-up! And while there will be no high heels, outside of play dress-up, for now I am all too aware that there will be soon enough. High heels, bras, periods....boyfriends, dating, school dances, driving...it's exciting and terrifying. Just like learning to keep your balance when starting to wear high heels, eventually I'll get my balance back as I continue to watch my baby "grow-up."
While my response was "Your school supply list says you need tennis shoes for PE not high heels." my mind was thinking "I know." Maybe we aren't quite ready for the high heels, but she is growing up. In less than 2 weeks I will have a first grader. While I'm excited for all these new things and experiences I find myself searching for a pause button, some days a rewind button.
Not only on days when she so directly tells me that she is growing up do I realize this, but on days where she is talking about music groups that I know nothing about. I thought I did a good job in keeping with the know??? I notice it on days when she hugs me and I don't have to bend over so much anymore. I notice it on days when reads her chapter book to me, she just finished one of the Diary of a Wimpy kid books. I notice it on days where we are at the mall and she wants to try clothes on, or picks things out to reflect who she is and her style. I realize this when she is having rational and logical arguments with me and not so much emotional ones (although the emotional ones are still the majority:))
Yep, she's growing-up! And while there will be no high heels, outside of play dress-up, for now I am all too aware that there will be soon enough. High heels, bras, periods....boyfriends, dating, school dances, driving...it's exciting and terrifying. Just like learning to keep your balance when starting to wear high heels, eventually I'll get my balance back as I continue to watch my baby "grow-up."
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