Wow. Kids make you feel OLD.

[LaraMN]

Tomorrow is JackMN's fifth birthday. I'm not certain what weirds me out more- that my youngest is turning five or that my oldest spawn will be a freaking DECADE old, three weeks later. I suppose it's a universal experience among parents.

Between that and the Twister-inflicted injuries I suffered after submitting to a game that requires feats of contortion that I should NOT have attempted, I feel friggin' ancient.

:P

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I know what you mean. My oldest just hit the big 1-0. But if I really want to feel old, I only have

to think about the kids I used to babysit. They're all grown up now. :O

[LaraMN]

3. No kidding!

A "little girl" I used to babysit bartends at my favorite pub. It's weird.

[flvegan]

2. Got any pics of you playing Twister?

[LaraMN]

4. Yeah RIGHT!

As if I'd preserve evidence of that!

[SeattleGirl]

5. Try this one:

My daughter will be 30 in less than two years. :scared:

[LaraMN]

7. That's like THREE decades!

:o

:rofl:

[x-g.o.p.er]

6. My youngest is now driving,

and will get her license in July.

Sigh...

[LaraMN]

8. I'm going to start stockpiling sedatives now, in preparation

for that stage of life...

[trof]

9. My youngest and only is mother of two.

5 1/2 year old Jack and 8 month old Charlotte.
And my baby is 36.
And I'm a geezer.
;-)

[LaraMN]

10. Awww!

Your baby is older than I am! I felt bad for my Mom when I turned thirty!

[liberaltrucker]

11. Try raising a 5 YO GD @ 54

:hi:

Damn, my back aches!

:rofl:

[LaraMN]

12. Yikes!

I guess that's one decisive perk to having popped out my kids in the first half of my twenties!

[liberaltrucker]

16. Revenge will be yours

:evilgrin:

[mwdem]

13. Hey, my oldest is now officially making me a grandmother..

You are still sooo young and soooo lucky!

[LaraMN]

14. Congratulations!

I hear Grandmotherhood is quite a trip!

[mwdem]

18. Thanks, sweetie!

She's had a rough time of it so far, but it's getting better. She'll be 33 this month, so she's around your age? You are young, I know that.

[malta blue]

15. Happy Birthday JackMN!

Lara, you are not old at all!

And that Twister stuff, that's why the game is hidden in the basement at our place :P

:hi:

[Bake]

17. The other day at work, people were talking about their friends having babies

I observed that my YOUNGEST ... MY BABY BOY ... turned TWENTY last weekend.

And then I put a gun to my head ...

Bake

[Hawkeye-X]

19. Happy birthday to Jack...

Hopefully he's grown a little bit - turned 32 myself yesterday!

[alarimer]

20. Well I am currently seeing a man who is a grandfather.

Okay, he's only 47, just a few years older than me and he doesn't LOOK like a grandfather. But still. It's a little weird.

[Taverner]

21. They do

Just think how weird it is that my 4 year old is better on the computer than I was when I was sixteen. And this is my profession .

[miss_american_pie]

22. Happy Birthday to Jack!

Do they keep reminding you that you're old? Me firstborn keeps asking how old I am, then says, "wow, that's really old. That's more than three zero."

:hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

23. Pfft. TM goes to college in Sept. That makes me friggin' ancient.

And, Happy Birthday to JackMN!!! Five years old!!! What a terrific birthday.

:hug: to you, my friend. You're a fantastic mom. Every kid should be so lucky.

[jakefrep]

24. I felt old when one of the girls from the first soccer team I coached...

...served me a beer at the local watering hole.

[RetroLounge]

25. My son turns 10 this summer

and my daughter is 7 and IS DATING!!! Boys!!!

:scared:

RL

[DarkTirade]

26. Hell, just going back to college makes me feel old.

All these fresh-faced 17-19 year olds surrounding me. I was talking to a 21 year old the other day and I asked her what the music playing was. I had to ask if it was a local band or if I'm just getting old enough that I'm not recognizing recent music anymore.

It wasn't a local band.

[lizziegrace]

27. Happy Birthday Jack!

Lelapin and Jack share the same birthday. She's turning 21. I feel very, very old...