KIDS!!

It is odd to say, it is odd to hear but we have KIDS. The neighborhood has kids, my cousins have kids, the census says there are 2.5 kids in every family... we always had a kid, a child, a boy - not Kids. It is something that just sounds more responsible. It is like turning 30 vs. being 30-something (ok, almost 40). One is at the beginning of being old and responsible, the other is in the midst - no turning back - not that having 1 kid or being 30 really had an escape route. It is just semantics I know. It is just in my mind. It is all psychological.

I've got to get used to saying things like:

I'm taking the kids to the store.
The kids want to go play with the dogs.
Do you think the kids will like that movie?

Weird.

I'm already the mom that says - no more candy for you little one. My husband is the old man on the street that says stay off the lawn. What happened to us? When did we become so middle aged? Yes... we have 2 dogs, 2 cars, 2 kids - standard student loan debt, a mortgage and life insurance. All of it is wrapped up in that silly word... Kids.

I wouldn't change a thing.