Well...the bowling party went off without a hitch. The cake was so cute, the children as well-behaved as possible on as much sugar as we gave them and the parents and friends really, really helpful! We only had a couple of near-emergency run incidents. The best part was the preschool teachers watched us adults scramble to take control of the kids. Funny ha-ha for them.
Caroline's school- ECYC at First United Methodist Church has simply the best teachers and parents around. They have loved my Caroline so very much- not much more you can ask for! Caroline sobbed and sobbed tonight after leaving the bowling alley. She misses her friends and her teachers already. It is strange how she gets that she is really leaving all of this even though we've tried to shelter it from her as much as possible.
On a funner note, she told me tonight as I was tucking her in bed that the best thing that happened to her today was that her bottom finally was big enough to fill the toilet seat in her room. A childhood fear we forgot- that we might fall into the great swirling abyss of urine-water. She told me having a big bottom means you are growing up. I must be really grown up.
Jillian is burying her head in the Lemony Snickett series to avoid talking about leaving. Her two friends that came were super sweet. She hasn't said much after we got home and went straight to reading. Avoidance is a good strategy that has a proven track record in my family! John is sad I am taking his girls away for over 2 weeks. I don't know where he gets the suspicion that I won't bring them back (although there is a part of me that truly was born to run)!
Off to bed- a busy day of packing and flying tomorrow. My girls last day in Texas.
