growing up too fast

[topless_mike]

i registered my son for nursery school today.
i cant believe. or maybe i just dont want to believe it.
it seems like just yesterday i was holding him for the first time.
now, in sept, he goes to school.

as excited and proud i am of him for taking this next step, its made me realize really how fast time is starting to fly now.

[ToddEVF]

you never realize how quick time goes until you have something to gage it with. Whether its a child going to school for the first time or going to a high school reunion, time moves quick. we just have to stop for a second to realize it.

[Judge Smails]

Tell me about. To me it feels like just yesterday that I was at my son's "Daddy and Me" night at pre-school and we made a macaroni picture frame together. Now my son's 10, and last week I had to have a talk with him because I caught him Googling "Boobs" and "Naked Britney Spears" pics.

I realize just how fast this past ten years went and it makes me really sad to think that in just another eight he'll be going off to college and then pretty much be out of the house for good. I can already feel him getting more distant from my wife and I. You know how kids are embarrassed of their parents and don't want them around when their friends are there. But then that's why we had kids, right? So we could raise them to be good people who who can make their own way in life. Doesn't make it any easier though.

[Sarge]

i registered my son for nursery school today.
i cant believe. or maybe i just dont want to believe it.
it seems like just yesterday i was holding him for the first time.
now, in sept, he goes to school.

as excited and proud i am of him for taking this next step, its made me realize really how fast time is starting to fly now.

I'm in the same boat, my twins start school in February. While I think it is great, as I watch what they have developed into, it does make me look at things differently.

[Jughead]

I remember so good ..Holding my sons hand for his first day at nursery school....You brought back a great thought..He cut across the grass in front of me because he saw other children going in a building....I grabbed his hand pulled him back to the sidewalk....I realized right then it was gonna be ok......

[PapaBear]

I feel your pain, Mike. My oldest son is moving out of the house this week. I've been walking around in a daze.

[topless_mike]

I feel your pain, Mike. My oldest son is moving out of the house this week. I've been walking around in a daze.

:eek::eek::eek:

[nevnut]

i registered my son for nursery school today.
i cant believe. or maybe i just dont want to believe it.
it seems like just yesterday i was holding him for the first time.
now, in sept, he goes to school.

as excited and proud i am of him for taking this next step, its made me realize really how fast time is starting to fly now.

Wait till he turns 11.

My son was a little angel :innocent: till about a year ago. Now he thinks he knows everything and thinks his mom is his personal servant.

I think there may be bloodshed before he's 13. :wink:

[walking joint]

this thread makes me sad. my son is only 15 months old now and just the other day i said to my wife how quick its all happening. i don't want him to grow up anymore. i'm his best friend right now and love it.

[Thebazile78]

I'm not a parent (yet) but I totally know what you guys mean!

I remember when my "niece" (a.k.a. my best friend's daughter) was 3 months old, but on her next birthday she'll be 9. Wow. Before they moved to TX, I used to see her at least once a year...now I get school photos and can never believe how she's grown!

Lousy rotten kid went and grew up on me!

[zathrus]

This is depressing me. My son is only 2 1/2 and I'm not ready for him to grow up.

[Tenbatsuzen]

My mom said something to me last night that kinda broke my heart.

We were discussing their brand new home that they built which they are going to use to retire to, and they asked my opinion about it. I honestly said I'd like to have it one day.

That turned into a conversation in that I could have it when they're gone, and I said, "Yeah, 40 years from now." They laughed, and I followed up with, "Only problem with that is, I'll be 70 by then!"

My mom chuckled and said, "You're right. I just figured that we'd get older and you'd always stay the same age."

[Thebazile78]

This is depressing me. My son is only 2 1/2 and I'm not ready for him to grow up.

I think you're going to feel the same way when he's in college.

Trust me.

Because I had to spend almost an hour kicking my dad out of my dorm room when I started college.

He's been getting really sentimental lately...he always thinks of me as a baby. I could be any age, and he'll still think of me as his "Lavendar Baby."

[zathrus]

"lavendar baby?"

do i want to know?

[Thebazile78]

"lavendar baby?"

do i want to know?

It's not icky.

Babies are lavendar when they're first born; Dad didn't know that, so it stuck.

I'm going to be 30 and my dad still calls me his lavendar baby; one year, for Mothers' Day, I sent him a bouquet of lavendar and purple flowers and signed the card "Happy Mothers' Day from your Lavendar Baby."

He cried.

[zathrus]

I'll take yours & furie's word on that. when our son was born (I had a c-section), I was so doped up on pain killers that I vagely remember anuthing other than accusing furie of being at a bar and I was talking to him at the time. Gotta love the drugs.