I AM A DORK!! WHO KNEW!? (don't answer that...)

It's amazing how time passes and life changes without you even realizing it.  Back in high school, one of my "BFF's"  had the coolest little car.  It was a Geo Tracker with a custom paint job.  It was white on the top and baby blue on the bottom.  We went EVERYWHERE in that dangerous/but really cute car!  I remember Cristi would BLAST the radio and we would dance and sing at the top of our lungs.  The music was so loud that we couldn't hear each other sing (hmm.. that might be the reason for the constant ringing in my ears...).  We had so much fun, the four of us (cristi, crystal, kristen, and me..).  Let me tell you, we had some AWESOME dance moves.  I'm sure people passing us by would say, "wow, if we could only be like them"  or "man, lets ask THOSE girls out on a date!".  Fast forward around 13 years later.  I am still in a baby blue car, but now it is a mini-van.  I'm driving my THREE kids to Chick-fil-A, and turn it to the oldies station.  A beach boys song came on.. and when that music comes on.. i HAVE to dance.  So, I start dancing, and Kate starts cracking up and dancing with me.  I look in the rear view mirror and see Noah's face.  Wait, I think to myself, I have SEEN that look somewhere before.. but where??  Oh yeah, when MY DAD would dance in the car, and my mom would sing!  I would never give a strange look because I always thought my parents were cool and could do no wrong (after all, my mom does read this blog...)  but Dustin gave the exact look that Noah gave me today.  It was a worried and confused look.  I know he was thinking how weird I looked "jammin'" to my "tunes".  I suddenly realized what was going on..  I went from being one of the fun teenagers in the tracker.. to the "dorky mom in the mini-van who still thinks she is cool enough to dance, while her children are freaking out wondering if this is what will happen when..heaven forbid.. their friends are in the car!" My how time changes so fast!!  I didn't realize I'd become the dorky mom until I saw my son's face.  I told my mom all this and she laughed at me.  Then she stated, "Isn't it a sad day when you realize that you are now the dorky parent??"  I said, "HECK NO!  I'm excited...  I can't wait for the years of embarrassment and dorkiness that I will be able to endure on my children!"  I still have all the "moves" dad used to do in the car.. that's some good stuff right there!

I hope this day finds you doing something dorky, just to make your kids smile a little, and hopefully embarrass them a little.. after all, that's what we are here for.... right!?