Seriously Mom?

I remember the first day I dropped my oldest off at Kindergarten.   But more than the drop off, I remember picking her up.  I was so excited to hear everything she had done in the SIX hours she spent away from me....after all, I was used to knowing, seeing and experiencing just about every minute of every day with her since the day she was born.

First Day of Kindergarten

 

I found out, as a lot of other moms have found, that there is a huge gap between what you want to hear, and what they actually tell you!  I wanted to hear a play-by-play of the entire day.  What did you do first?  Then what?  What friends did you meet?  What were their names?  What was your teacher like?  What art project did you do?  How did you feel?  Were you home sick?  Did you eat your lunch?  Did you get lost?  Was anyone mean to you?  I wanted to hear it all.  But what I got from my little normally-talkative 5 year old was more like this "It was so much fun!"  The end.  That's it!!  Nothing else!  Now, when she was five, I could ask a lot of questions to get to the bottom of things.  I could ask her just about any of the questions I had and she would usually answer, unless she was busy playing or just plain tired.

Playing at the big-kid playground

So, fast forward 8 years and we get my now 7th grade, 13 year old daughter.  And, guess what?  I still have all those same questions...and then some.  Only now, my response from my teenager about how her day was is usually "fine."  The end.  That's it!!  She will usually humor me with answering a few questions, but it only takes about 2 or 3 and she's rolling her eyes asking me why I am asking a million questions.  Gosh.  Don't get me wrong, there are some times she comes home just bursting with information and I LOVE it.  But sometimes, I just want to know more.  I guess I am just nosey:)  I just want to know every detail of her life, but I can't.  The older they get, the more time they spend without me.  I just need her to fill in the gaps.  Good thing we still have five more years before she graduates and leaves for college.  Wait....ONLY FIVE MORE YEARS?!  How am I going to do this?

7th Grade, and so grown up!!