Elsie goes to High School

Today Elsie and I got to go and talk to a Family and Consumer Science class that my niece Josie is in. We were there to talk about what it is like to have a two year old and what it is like to be a two year old. Elsie was thrilled at the invitation. It was very special that it was just her thing.

It wasn't until this morning when I was getting dressed to go back to the high school I graduated from that it all hit me. I graduated sixteen years ago. I am pregnant with my third baby. I am walking back through the doors as a...panelist. What in the world. Life and age is a funny thing and much of the time I think of myself as much younger than I actually am. Today as I carried my two year old in over my baby bump in my front, I realized there is no denying it. I am not in high school any more.

The panel was fun. There were two other mom's there, one who had just had her first baby at age 40. The baby was two weeks old and she was in the overwhelmed stage. The other mom had grown children and brought her daycare kids along. The students asked questions the whole hour about discipline and sleep habits and the hardest part and best part of motherhood. The three of us moms enjoyed ourselves...at one point Josie whispered to me, "do you know these other mom's? It's like you're best friends." But that's because moms have a tight bond. We've all been there, or are going there...

It was a fun day at the high school. Tomorrow is their last day before summer vacation. And perhaps the most important thing we learned today is that the Apple Valley Waterpark is now open for the season!