MILEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a great night I had last night... I took the 3 beautiful, fun, stylish and awesome girls to the Miley Cyrus concert. I have never seen so many screaming little girls in one place in all my life.

Her concert was great... nonstop! The kids knew all the songs and I actually have to say I knew most of them myself. We had a blast full of fun, laughter and music! Thanks to these three adorable girls for letting me tag along, and for telling me over and over again that I was the coolest mom/aunt there is... Just what I needed! This was a good night!

Those girly moments

So, I sit here as a mom to a 1st grader and a 3rd grader. They are both so full of life and love. They drive me crazy and make me proud all at the same time. I am sitting here having such a hard time with the idea that "cliques" are already starting up. Seriously... already? How can this be?

It brings me back to my own childhood. For as long as I can remember I clung to my friendships. They were so important to me. We could disect why that was and is but that is another therapy session for another day. But, I also remember how mean girls could be. I tried so hard to "fit in" and be part of the "group" and most days I was... but, there were those days that I came home from school completely defeated and sad. I just do not want my girls feeling this way. I know that they have already and that makes me even more sad. I also know there are going to be many more days with moments like these.

I just hope that I have the right words to say to let my girls know that they are truly awesome and wonderful girls. I never want them to feel that they are not good enough or need to be anything different than what they are. I never want them to feel they cannot talk to me or share their hurts with me. I just want them to be able to look back on their childhoods and say "yep... it was a fun and GOOD time filled with lots of wondeful friends and parents who I know loved me no matter what".

Time to heal...

So, it has been a while since I have blogged. The last 18 months have definitly not been my favorite... I really could have done without them. During that time I felt that everything was negative and bad... and there were the tough moments... but the toughest moment had yet to come and I lived through that moment on September 4, 2009.

It was then that I realized that there were two ways to look at things in life... You can always find something negative in every situation but, if you look really hard you can also find something positive. I have missed blogging and sharing the little moments with those of you who care enough to know about them. :-)

So, I am back... Hoping that there are still some of you out there who care to take a look into our simple lives here. I am still on Facebook... in fact most people would say that I am addicted to Facebook :-), but I know there are still those of you who "just won't give in and join"... So , hopefully this is a way for us to stay connected.

Here is to looking really hard and trying to find the positive in the big things that hit you over the head and the little things that occur on a daily basis!