So grown-ey..

I took this picture this Fall during a weekend in the country. When I saw it I thought Mae looked so grown up in it. I never really thought she was "grown-ey" until Friday when she drove off with my neighbor and 2 friends to go see Hotel for Dogs.

As I walked back inside with tears in my eyes,

it hit me that in another 5 years she will be

going to movies with friends, having sleepovers and giggling about nonsense.

I stepped back into the house, folded up her blankie and let her go

from a pre-schooler to a big (little) girl.