Ahhh! A good picture of both of you.
After my surgery, I always feel that I have an 'expiration date'. I really do (at least the hardware inside me does!). So whatever time I get now with my kids, I try to absorb like a sponge.
Even the family vacations that we enjoy so much, I feel they are numbered. My 13 year old, soon to be 14, would prefer to visit places with her friends, as she should. I probably have one or two summers left with the older, and probably 3-4 left with the younger, and that's it.
We are not getting younger for sure.
The time disappears very quickly and I am hoping not to miss more of it. We all expire, but I can hear the ticking clock! :D
Will your kids go on vacations with friends - is that done there?
My older has already been to Italy and Japan with her school friends for the last two summers!
This summer it’s Washington DC and Germany-Czech Republic- Switzerland; two separate trips.
I see them increasing every year and soon there won’t be any time left. In high school there will be push for test preparation and college applications.
Maybe this could be the last year. In fact I am not sure how to fit the family vacation this year!