Today was busy busy busy--- mainly filled with driving from point A to Point B to Point C and back again. It is worth it though to see how much Big A is enjoying Girl Scout Camp. She will be spending the night there tomorrow... Her first overnight camp experience! She is very very excited! It took her forever to go to sleep! She was so cute--- she gave me a list of everything she needed to pack for camp. So cute! :) I can't believe my little baby girl is getting so big now! She is so sweet too-- she was telling me about a girl that is in the week long overnight camp, who has been crying everyday because she is homesick... Big A is going to bring her one of her stuffed animals to sleep with tomorrow night. So sweet. She is a good girl. And I am very proud of her! I am going to miss her too. Even though she is spending only one night away, it seems so far... Aw, I'm really nervous about it. She will have a great time though, I know she will. Tomorrow afternoon she will have a horseback riding lesson, then they will have a big cookout over the campfire, and tell stories and sing songs... I almost wish I could be there! I remember how much fun I had when I was a kid going up to Virginia to go to Girl Scout camp with my cousin Donna! Those were great memories--- When I think about it, I can still smell the air and the grass... the feeling of swimming in the lake ( really more like a big pond, I think) Canoeing is Big A's favorite part--- it was mine also! Tonight at dinner, we decided that we should take a trip up to Red Top Mountain soon to go canoeing--- a friend of mine offered to lend me her canoe, I think I'll take her up on it. I can't wait until the kids are old enough to go white water rafting too! I haven't been in years... I still think canoeing or tubing down a nice peaceful river is the most fun though.. Now that they are getting older, we can start having some real "adventures"... :)
Little A started her swim classes today... She was very excited about that. We were pretty late, so the lesson was cut short, but she still had fun. She really doesn't appear to have much fear of the water. That is a good thing... In general,the kids seem to be having a fun filled Summer... God, it would be good to be a kid again--- everything is new and an adventure... the world is full of possibilities. They are really a good team-- they really do love each other, despite the bickering that goes on between them. Every evening they ask each other how their days went. They even ask when they have all been at the same camp all day! That cracks me up!
After swimming lessons, we went to Universal Joint in Oakhurst. They acted great! I almost had to laugh out loud, because after all the complaining I have heard all year about their manners, they were perfectly well mannered! Hah! They are not so bad after all. No they are not bad, they are great! They are my reason. I need to remember that. I need to wipe the last 2 years of confusion and pain away and start over. I have really lost touch with my kids in some ways... I have been so preoccupied with attempting to save a failing relationship, that I have put my kids on the back burner in many ways.
Stupid. That is all I can say about that. No one is worth doing that for. No one. I am also trying to focus on the anger I feel to get me through all of this. Why I'm even wasting my time worrying about it, I don't know.
Anyway, enough about that... I had a great evening with my kids. That is all that counts. We are a good family. And anyone who doesn't want to be a part of us... it is their loss.
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