Monday morning madness

Monday morning, up early...coffee, lunch boxes, breakfast, red ribbon week (in two different schools-challenging), Rachael's Challenge meeting, Destination Imagination meeting, grocery shopping. Heading out the door we (Triniti) realize that "we" don't have our shoes for P.E. They are at dad's house. Dad only lives 1.5 miles away, so no big deal. We head by there on our way to school. 

I've seen a car parked there before, but I guess I wasn't really sure why it was there. Triniti has a key and let herself in to get her shoes. What she found was something else entirely. A woman in her dad's bed. Now, looking back, I know I shouldn't have let her go in. I should've called him first. I don't know, but I really didn't think it was a woman in there! Triniti was completely freaked out (as expected). Her dad was completely freaked out as well when he called to apologize. Hopefully she forgets about the whole thing soon. 

Homecoming= great success!

Blogging on our way to our first professional family photo in years. I'm excited! Hopefully we can capture some great pics of our family of 7.

Last night was a lot of fun. Triniti and her friend had a blast. Now Triniti wants to go to homecoming every year.

Several people would disagree with my decision to allow her to go (and with a date), but if Triniti wasn't such an innocent, responsible child, it would be different. These kids are like best friends. They walked around, saw their friends and hung out. They aren't making out under bleachers or being dramatic. They aren't even thinking on that level. I will allow her to go somewhere with a boy while I'm there. It's cute.

Thank Heaven for Little Girls

Blogging everyday is a challenge indeed! Obviously I'm not so great at it, haha. I have been so busy trying to get everything ready for Triniti's first "mock-date". She had been asked to Homecoming by a boy in her grade. She is only in the 6th grade! I was thrown by this at first, but I have been talking with the boy's mother and setting the stage for this to go smoothly. It's going to be a big group of kids their age hanging out at a football game. No big deal. If I make it a big deal, it won't be good...sigh.


Triniti made a garter for him. It's really cute and she did a great job! This was my first home made garter too. Of course all of this is bittersweet because I can't help but realize that  this is the start of a new chapter in her life. The teen-ager chapter. She is such an amazing kid. She teaches me new things all of the time. I'm always trying harder to do things better because I don't want to let her down. She is my inspiration. 

I'll have to post a picture of her and her date later tonight or tomorrow. "Her date", wow, that sounds crazy!

A daughter is a special thing. I can't wait to experience having a new niece as well. I'm pretty sure I will be extra close to Ada because she is so special to me already. She will teach me new things too and I've already made changes in my life to be sure not to let her down. It really doesn't matter that she only weighs 1 pound; she has weight in this world already.