It has started, the machine of life, the constant drumming of activity, work and interaction. This weekend was spent helping my youngest, the twins, celebrate their 14th birthday. They invited 25 of their school friends to "Sherlock Holmes," the movie, and then to Mellow Mushroom for pizza. I must admit, though there were a lot of kids, it was one of the easier ones to manage b/c once in the theater, they were seated and pretty quiet. They sat still for 2 hours, and at the pizza joint, they sat relatively still again for another 45 mins. or so.
All the birthdays we've had for the twins run together a bit: Ponies in the front yard (yes REAL ponies); huge inflatables that they would sleep in overnight; roller skating at All-American Skate in Stone Mountain; ice skating at the Ice Forum; laser tag...these are just some that I can remember. The hardest, of course, were the ones at home, when the kids would run through the house, but those were some of the best.
This well may be the last "hurrah" for birthday parties; next year might just be a dinner of some sort. In some ways, I'm saddened by this passage into the next phase of life, one more confirmation that children grow up, very quickly, and things change.
I think I'll just relish this next year while they still have the last remnants of childhood in them, before they start driving, or before they really start to want to date; I think I'll hold onto them just a little longer, and enjoy them being such a big part of my life. Next year, it will be totally different, good, I'm sure, but just not the same.
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