Oh my, it has been since May since I wrote....wow!! Time sure flies when your having fun! Let me just recap my crazy summer. The summer began with a dance recital and t-ball games, both of which, I love to watch. The kids did so good this year, Vanessa danced her little body to The Banana Boat Song (she loves to sing it too) and was so cute in her hawaiian girl costume. Miss Calista gave her a framed certificate for most improved dancer, which she was awarded last year, but Calista didn't have the certificate and frame yet at the time of last year's recital so she basically recognized her two years in a row. Vanessa beamed so proud! Mommy did too!
Mr. Hayden Lee has excelled immensely on the baseball field. This is his sport, his absolute favorite and it shows. He had home runs every game and got many kids out, his catch is awesome. I was amazed when I saw how well he was doing. I knew he loved t-ball but didn't realize how good he has become. I showed up late for one of his games and I had three different parents, some from the other team, tell me how great he is...talk about a proud moment and at that point I hadn't even saw what they were talking about! I'm so glad he found something he can sink his teeth into, he can continue to blossom and become the ball player he wants to be.
His dad told him one time that baseball players and other athletes make millions of dollars...I think his eyeballs had green dollar signs in them and he will tell people he is going to be a professional baseball player....now, what is so funny about this is, at the end of the school year he had to write a biography about himself and he had drawn a picture of himself as president and that is what he was determined to be when he grew up, The President of the United States. Then just this week he was with his buddies and told them he was going to be a pop star so girls can hang posters on their walls of him and scream when they see him...can you tell what kind of kid he is? Hysterical!! He is so funny and serious at the same time, just cracks me up!
They are both characters!!
July was a whirlwind, the kids and I drove to Pennsylvania where I got to see some of my friends that I miss so much and we had a blast hanging out catching up, floating in the pool...ahhh..It was great! Then the kids went with Nana and Papa to Virginia Beach on their annual vacation. Then the following week they went with Grandma Janie and Grandpa Phil and had a blast, hanging at the pool and visiting the Baltimore Aquarium. While they were away, my hubby and I took a romantic vacation to Maui...ahhhh...it was glorious and beautiful and full of fun. We explored the whole island, in which some parts were just breathtaking. I love Hawaii, the Hawaiian people are so kind and I could easily retire there....oh the thoughts of fresh pineapple everyday are floating in my head...hehehe!
August zipped by quickly but we had lots of beach days with friends and lots of ice-cream, campfires, food on the grill and fun! I will miss those summer days especially sitting with my friend and chatting the day away...so relaxing. I always look foreward to the local art fair in August and my friend and I found some cheap treasures, we had so much fun that morning...I wish there were more art fairs to go to.
September was an interesting time for me, Vanessa started all day everyday kindergarten and Hayden started 2nd grade. The night before the first day of school, I was a weeping mess and the first day I was an even bigger weeping mess but I got through it and the rest of the week was a blur. I couldn't seem to find the energy to do anything nor did I want to. I felt lost...the quietness was too quiet and I couldn't find myself. It was the strangest feeling but I was lonely, bored and sad. I missed my baby girl whom is no longer a baby by all means but to me still my baby. The only bright light that week was breakfast with my dear friend and she made me laugh and lifted my spirits and I needed it so badly.
The second week was better, I met two friends for breakfast that week and we had lots of laughs...now I was feeling better..starting to feel like me again. Brian, I and the kids went camping that weekend and I just LOVED that. We all did.We had so much fun and laughter with 6 other families, I can't wait until we do it again next year. After that weekend, I felt I could breathe, I could laugh, I could clean the house and relax and still feel like I accomplished something in my day. The next morning I had my first MOMSnext meeting and it has given me another great thing to look forward too. The women I adore and enjoy so much, it is going to be a great year.
I feel each day getting better but I'm still re-discovering ME, what do I like to do?...Well, before I turned on music during the day, now I crank the music loud...before I would sing a little, now I put on pretend concerts...laughing...sound ridiculous I know but it's me and who I am...I discovered I absolutely love when I organize something, so every room in the house is getting a makeover, sort of...at least getting de-cluttered!
Today, I met another friend for breakfast and it felt soooo good to not have to watch the time, to know I still had the rest of the day to get my to-do list done. I'm easing into this all day to myself lifestyle but even still at 4:05 p.m. when the front door opens and my two children come running in and I hear" Hi Mom!!!" "Guess what I did today at school/" and backpacks are slung over chairs and coats and shoes are whipping off and "I'm hungry, may I have a snack please?" and all the loudness and chaos....is wonderful music to my ears!!....smiling with tears.
