{Tuesday} June 22, 2010
Today was the girls last full day of school . . . SO. great! I'm so so so ready for summer . . . i.e. movie nights, waking up and hanging out in jammies if we want, swimming, and just relaxing. I love when they're out of school, so I'm really excited to be able to spend more time with them doing things other than driving them to and from school and working on homework. I'm SOoooo ready . . . can ya tell?!
Hannah had her 3rd grade swim party field trip today. They walked over to the community pool down the street and swam from 9-12. When I was leaving to take Reha to school at 10:20 our neighbor, Steven {one of those neighbors who tries to know everything about everyone} ran out and told me to roll down my window so he could let me know that he was just over at the pool and saw Hannah accidentally drop her towel in the pool {that's my girl . . . niiiice and clumsy}. Luckily he caught me before I left so I could run her a new towel. Charlise & I sat with Steven's wife Emanuel for a while and watched her swim with her friends. She ended up getting fried even though we applied sunscreen before she left, then reapplied more when I got there to watch her . . . so annoying. Banana Boat, I will never buy your sunscreen again. You suck!
I've been realizing lately that I haven't taken many pictures of Reha at school this year. It has a lot to do with me not being able to help in her classroom, so I never think of bringing my camera to things . . . BAD mom! I took my camera this morning so that I could get a few pictures of her and her friends. She is SO excited that she'll be a "big first grader" after tomorrow. I'm just thrilled that they'll both be going all day so I wont be driving to and from school 4 times every day.
Wade gave me tonight to go out . . . so Amber & I were going to go to our regular restaurant, RA {deLISH} but she let me know this morning that her husband had to work late tonight, so I bagged it . . . until I realized that I should just ask another friend to go . . . asked Lindsay . . . husband working late. Asked Lynn . . . husband gone . . . WHA?! Come ON ladies! Give a pregnant chick a reason to indulge her craving!! {kidding}. So sadly, I gave up . . . but then thought it would be nice to go out with one of my girls. I almost never have one on one time with Hannah or Reha, and since Reha had her date with Wade last week I decided to take Hannah. I was SO excited to get my RA . . . until we got there and was told it would be a 40 minute wait. Boooo . . . I needed to get Hannah in bed at somewhat a decent hour, so we left and went to Boudin. It was a great dinner with great conversation . . .
On the way to Boudin the song "Where were You when the World Stopped Turning" came on the radio and it brought up 9/11 and how people felt afterwards . . . how everyone was kind to everyone else . . . how flags flew from everyone's car windows . . . and how {ultimately} when horrible things happen, there's always some good that happens as a result. We talked about how cool it is when you go through something tragic, how it brings people together . . . which of course led us to both think about our experiences this past 5+ months after Charish was taken from us. Hannah ended up saying, "I've been wondering why she had to die . . . I guess it had to happen so it could bring our family closer together." And while I don't know what the answer is to the big question, "WHY?" I'm thinking that her answer has brought her a little bit of peace . . . it's filled a little bit of her void, and that makes me happy. We talked about her a lot over dinner . . . shared our favorite memories of her, and talked about her heart condition. My girls are all getting checked for cardiomyopathy next month, so she talked about her fears of that . . . all in all it was a much needed talk that we both needed. We sat in Boudin and we both cried. It was nice to let her talk out her feelings more than she normally does with everyone around. It was a blessing that no one could go out tonight . . . I'm not sure if we would have been able to have that kind of talk otherwise. I LOVE her and her big heart. She is an amazing little girl, and I'm SO lucky to have her in my life . . . now to get her sisters to see what I see! They are all so sweet . . . I'm truly blessed.
I bet she'll never forget this night and talk you guys had. One of my greatest and most vivid memories was going to see a movie with my Mom all by myself when I was about her age! You are one good Momma...I'm glad you got this time:)
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