P365 - 2017 - Day 31 - here we go

P365 - 2017 - Day 31 - here we go

I attended my second and final middle school orientation.  My Littlest Leonard is months from graduating 6th grade and becoming a 7th grade middle school student.  I am just barely holding it together .... I thought it would be easier after going through it before, but I was wrong.  I am watching the end of an era - the last child to finish elementary school and the beginning of a new era of middle school and high school.  Ready or not, here we go.

P365 - 2017 - Day 30 - addicted

P365 - 2017 - Day 30 - addicted

My name is Lisa and I have a problem.  I am addicted to Orange is the New Black.  I started binge watching it and I.can.not.stop.

P365 - 2017 - Day 29 - three little faces

P365 - 2017 - Day 29 -three little faces

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about these three little faces.  I don't know why but I continue to be surprised by the passage of time and how fast it all goes.  Lately, with two newly minted 14 year olds and an almost 12 year old, I feel like time is just slipping through my fingers and I am not going to lie.... it is making me a bit sad.  Don't get me wrong....I am so proud of the amazing people these little people are becoming.  I love watching them grow into who they will be, I cheer for every accomplishment and root for them in every endeavor.  But there is always a part of me that misses these little faces and the little voices that I can only just barely hear in my memory.  I miss having them all to myself... when the world didn't really have their hands on them at all.  This photo was from 7 years ago and when I posted it, I had titled it "Best Friends".  I am so happy that they have always had each other, I hope they know how lucky they are, and I hope they remain "best friends" always.  We are reaching a large milestone for all of them soon - with high school and middle school on the horizon and while they are growing up in front of my eyes, they will always be these little faces in my mind.

P365 - 2017 - Day 28 - new sweatshirt

P365 - 2017 - Day 28 - new sweatshirt

LOVE my new sweatshirt and I couldn't have gotten it on a better day.  I feel pretty lucky to have so awesome SOL sisters to run with....especially today when I was not really feeling my run and was battling an internal voice to throw in towel.  Thanks to their support, I got through my 18 mile training run and lived to tell about it....(once I got some coffee, that is) .

P365 - 2017 - Day 27 - The countdown is on

P365 - 2017 - Day 27 - The countdown is on

Further proof that time really flies.... it seems like yesterday that The Princess got her braces and now she will be getting them off in two weeks.  The moment she has been waiting for for close to two years!  In honor of the very important appointment today where she learned the date of the removal of her braces, here she is pre-braces (back in January 2015), then the first day with braces in March of that year, and a more recent photo of her.  She couldn't more excited to see them go and see the end of result.  The countdown is on.

P365 - 2017 - Day 26 - safely protected

P365 - 2017 - Day 26 - safely protected

This guy cracks me up with his bones... tonight he came in from outside and pounced on one of them like he hadn't seen it in days.  He flipped one on the couch by accident and knowing that he wasn't allowed up there to get it, sat staring at it until I rescued it.  In the end, after all of that excitement, he fell asleep with both of them safely protected from any danger....

P365 - 2017 - Day 25 - the calm after the storm

P365 - 2017 - Day 25 - the calm after the storm

And just like that, the waters receded, the temperatures went up, and the sun came out and our island was beautiful and blue skies.  It was the truly the calm after the storm.