Carter’s Childhood Friends

My favorite thing about Christmas time is getting to see Carter’s childhood friends. Nothing is better than seeing grown adults who are happy and successful that I have watched grow up.

Today three of the original four of Carter’s school carpool were together at our house, Ellis, Kate and Carter. The only missing member was Mason, who also happens to be Kate’s long time boyfriend. He had to work this week, but was missed.

When these kids started in Pre-K we had a car pool that was managed by Kate’s Mom, Anne, because she worked full time and made sure the schedule was done a month in advance. I loved driving that car pool. The kids treated the drivers as if we were invisible so I learned everything that was going on in school as they talked to each other in the back seats.

The girls also were in Daisy’s and Brownies, swam swim team and we all went to Mother-Daughter Camp together at Seafarer. This car pool lasted all the way through lower school and into middle school. Once sports started in got complicated, but the girls went to DA from Pre-K to graduation. Mason left them to go to boarding school.

While the girls were visiting today I pulled out a photo from 18 years ago when were were at Mother Daughter Camp and the girls recreated the pose, although Ellis said she could not open her mouth that big! They all benefited greatly by orthodontics.

What wonderful women they are now!