As I have gotten older I have started to notice that my hair is starting to get some new shades of highlights. These highlights sadly have not cost me one cent. These highlights are gray and have been given to me by my children! If you have teenagers or you're empty nesters you know what I'm talking about. The late nights staying awake wondering and really hoping that they would just get their butts home. The whole dating thing and then don't forget the driving! When Cassie got her licences I was a wreck. Don't get me wrong, it's an exciting time but the thought of her getting on the road had me very uneasy! That was 2 years ago already! Now we are moving to the stage where my "baby" will start drivers ed very soon.
With living in the Midwest and a farming community it's not unusual to let your kids drive on the back roads. To be honest Carter really didn't show any interest in driving until recently. Now he is getting to the point where if he gets a chance to a move a car out of the driveway he thinks that's pretty darn cool. Carter also has this funny saying that he says to be when he thinks I'm being a hot rod in the car. He will say "gun it Frank." Today was Carter's "gun it Frank" moment.
Upon arriving home from church we noticed Cassie had parked in our driveway instead of her parking spot. So, we told Carter to run in and ask his sister to move the car. Instead of Cassie coming out our 15 year old son came back out swinging the keys with a smile on his face. He backed the car out of the driveway like a pro. That was the easy part. Now the tricky part comes. He needed to parallel park Cassie's green Gusher between a huge maple tree and the electric pole. The mom in me pulled out my video camera to capture the moment on video. Am I ever glad I did! Not only will we be able to share this story with our friends, family and his future kids but we have the proof of what happened! What I love best about this story is Carter's good nature about the whole thing. His smile never leaves his face even tho this could be super embrassing. Just a reminder to me not to sweat the small or big stuff for that matter!
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