Who is this and where did my little girl go?

Seriously, how did this happen? Fair warning to all of you with kids...soak up every minute you can because this will be here before you know it. It seems like no time since I was taking her to kindergarten on her first day, and this week we were ordering graduation invitations.

She had her Halloween party last night, and this is the costume she made for it. She was putting the finishing touches on it up until 15 minutes before her guests arrived. Talk about down to the wire!

It was a huge success, and all the kids had a blast. More importantly, The Hub and I survived a night with a house full of teenagers! Only 3 of the kids she invited weren't able to make it, but they all called and said they wished they could be here. One just got out of the hospital, one had to work, and one was leaving for vacation EARLY the next morning.