Adulting

those striving climbing kids....

Lately our kids have felt really grown up.  I don't even have any funny memes or text conversations on my phone from them.  I think everyone's been too busy.  Braeden and Emma are in the throes of the end of year and finals and just trying to survive.  Emma texted the other night requesting advice because she strongly suspected a student had plagiarized a paper she was correcting.  Braeden texted a few nights ago wondering if he and Anna bought a mattress, they could store it here until they get married.

These seem like pretty adult things to be texting your mom about.

Mark helped plan and prepare for a priest-laurel activity they had at our house last night.  They had an Easter egg hunt with get to know you questions tucked inside the eggs (along with candy).

Mark was lying on the couch afterward like a damp rag.  "That was exhausting," he said.

I asked him how he thought it went.  He leaned up on an elbow and said, "I think it went well.  Everyone was talking and being social and that's what we wanted to happen."

They're definitely growing up.