This weekend Hannah woke up first, as she always does, and came into our room to wake us up. This time things were a little different. This time she came in and she was fully decked out in her princess dress up clothes (from Karri, Mike, Courtney, and Greta).
That morning Hannah was helping me clean up the house and after she had picked up she asked if she could go and get the paper. Alone.
"Ummmm, sure. I guess. Just please be careful."
She replied with "I will be berry careful mom. I can go alone cause I'm fourteen and a kid grown up."
Of course I perched out in the window watching her every move. She was perfect. Walked to the end of the driveway, looked for cars, walked on the side of the street-closest to the grass, grabbed the paper, doubled checked the mailbox, and returned to the house.
As nice as it was to have her help out I kinda found myself a wee-bit sad about her new found independence.
2 comments:
You can't expect a 14-year old to be dependent on you... I'm just sayin'. Four more years and she'll be moving out....
Don't say that to her Patience! She is probably in tears with the thought of how quickly four years will approach...
She didn't mean it Amy ;)
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