They Grow Up To Fast

I thought you knew everything at age 13.  Apparently now its closer to 5, lucky me!  The last few weeks I have a 5 year old and her faithful 3 year old side kick who know absolutely EVERYTHING!  Like so much so they want to argue over teeny, tiny details of minor details.  And to be honest, lately I have had zero energy to argue back with them.  (I know for some that seems hard to believe but its true.)  We have been slowly bringing her (or them) back to reality but I know its just going to get worse before it gets better.

As most of you know I'm a huge country music fan.  Martina McBride has a song called "Teenage Daughters" that she personally wrote because she has three daughters, two of which are now in their teenage years.  Reading the lyrics to the song sound so familiar to me and my household as I grew up with three other sisters.  I'm sure most of you can relate to it.  The lyrics are below with the video under that.  The video is Martina with her (real-life) daughters and husband.

"Teenage Daughters"

I ain't complainin'
But I'm tired, so I'm just sayin'
What I think
And if we're being honest
Than honestly I think I need a drink

My baby's growin' up
She think's she's fallin' all in love
And that I hate her
At seventeen, she's just like me when I was seventeen
So I don't blame her

Do do do do
Do do do do
What are we gonna do ?
Do do do do
Do do do do
What are we gonna do about it ?

Remember when we use to be
Everything they ever need
We had them believing we were cool
It's like it happened over night
We're always wrong, their always right
We use to be the one's breakin' the rules
Now we're just mothers, we're just fathers of
Teenage Daughters

She rolls her eye's when I'm funny
But she's sweet when she wants money and her freedom
Oh my god, she's got a car
Swears they wont go far
And i wish i believed 'em


Their beautiful, wild and free
Everything we wish we could be
But their still crazy
Oh you know, the make us crazy


Yeah Teenage Daughters

I ain't complainin'
But I'm just tired, so I'm sayin'
What I think
If we're being honest
Than honestly, I think I need a drink