Oh to be young again.....

I know many of you are like "shut your face Lina!!! Your 22." I am talking about real young like when we had no responsibilities and our main "job" was to just be a kid. I remember wanting to always be older than what I was. When I was 5 I wanted to be 10, when I was 10 I wanted to 15, and when I was 15 I wanted to be 20. There are so many times I can take back things I did to make myself grow up quicker. For example the time I stole my mom's razor and shaved my legs at age 11 or when I threw away all my barbies because I thought I was the only one that still planned Ken and Barbies wedding down to what color linens they had. There are times I wish I could just go back and be a kid again. I used to live for the Toy's R' Us jingle "I don't wanna grow up I'm a Toy's R' Us kid!" I sometimes think I still do because in all honesty life would be extremely boring if we all got rid of our inner child. What kind of parents would we be if we were always serious.
The reason for this post is because I had a moment with my husband yesterday while we were shopping for Zack's birthday party that is this Sunday. We went to Party City and having sooooo much fun with all the goodie bag toys and then we moved on to there clearance Halloween junk and you can only imagine the shenanigans we got into over there. After we finished there we decided to take a look at the toys in Toy's R' Us. There is just something about that place that can bring out the inner child in us all and sometimes in unfortunate cases the worst in us. Steven and I ran around playing with all the toys and we even almost got talked to by the manager for pinching each other with these claw toys but I diverted her by going mom style on her and asking where the new Alphie toy was. After we finished with our errands we raced to the car (Steven won by luck) and we went to pick up Zack. We are no way shape or form super serious parents but I don't think we would have acted the way we did if we had him with us. Normally we go to the stores, get what we need and get out. But it was nice to have an afternoon of silliness with my husband.
With Zack's 2nd birthday coming up on Monday I have been watching him change and he is turning into a little boy. He still has baby moments but he more aware of what he wants and who he is as an individual. I just want him to grow up and be a kid for as long as he possibly can. We will continue to tell him Santa exists and that the Tooth Fairy is the one that leaves money under his pillow. We won't scrutinize him for playing with action figures until he's 13. I just want my baby to know as he grows that being a kid isn't all that bad because I don't want him to miss out on those important years. The one's where we look back and can't believe how silly we were or how much fun we had.
Okay sorry I was having some mommy moments because I can't believe that little Gremlin is already two here is a picture I took at this time two years ago. I was very pregnant and Steven was on deployment. That little nugget whom we all love to death was still nice and cozy in my tummy. We all love you Zack! I know you can't read this yet but we love you very much. Ever since you were born you have stolen our hearts you are truly a remarkable little guy.


P.S. As Zack's Mom I have the right to post emotional stuff this weekend because I don't want him to get any bigger than the cutie pie he is and I am a little emotional right now.