Sunday, January 17, 2010

High School here we come

My son is going to be in high school next year! It really feels like I was just there myself, and here I am 40 approaching faster that I would like, but approaching nonetheless. Ethan and I had our first meeting for the high school band last week, and as I sat there listening to all of the band kids introduce themselves, I was grinning because it is just the funniest thing to see how much the kids babble on about themselves, and that's okay because at that age it is the human condition to be concerned with you tiny little world, the world around will become apparent soon enough, it is still okay for kids to be kind of selfish through these years. When the meeting was through my son got in the van and said that high school girls really talk A LOT! And that just made me chuckle. I am really enjoying watching him go from being a little kid to being a young adult, and when he asks me why I am laughing, it is because I take joy in watching him figure things out on his own. Doesn't mean I will stop checking on him before I go to bed at night. Big changes around here.