The Day I was the Best Mom Ever!

A few months ago

I mentioned 

I bought tickets to a concert

To surprise the Kid

I ruined that surprise

By texting her the info 

Instead of her grandma

Whoops

Last Friday 

Was the day for that concert

The Kid

Was super excited

We were seeing her favorite band

(I am sure she might deny this years from now)

BIG TIME RUSH

 Honestly

I was looking forward to it as well

It was just going to be me and my girl

Taking this road trip to the show

Per her request

I had bought us lawn seats 

 The venue is beautiful at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

bethelwoodscenter.org

The lawn lets you enjoy the show just as much

For nearly not as much cash

However 

At the last moment 

I upgraded our seats when we arrived

I will not lie 

I spent a little extra money

The ticket seller asked me if I knew about the seating under the Pavilion

And I did not 

He told me don't worry you will have really good seats

I figured that since we had lawn seating to start with

Anything had to be better

Our seats ended up being 

Third Row

 

The Kid was practically hyperventilating

In that moment

I was the best freaking mom ever!

 

It was a great magical night 

Filled with memories 

I am not ashamed to say I paid for

When did preteen drama become the norm?

My daughter has a friend

Or maybe 

I should  say had a friend

This is new territory to us

She had her elementary friends

That she still sees

Just not in the same frequency

She also has friends 

That she has known 

Since they were in diapers

But

Now that the diapers have been traded in for bras

Those close friends 

Are fading into the background

The hurt feelings 

And 

The inevitably drama

That just seems to come with girls 

It can be hard to take

What makes it harder 

Is figuring out

When to step in and when to take a step back 

I know 

It is part of growing up

And finding out who you are and want to be

Spread your wings Kid

I am OK with this

The sticky part of these 

Parting diaper friends

Is the fact 

Her Mother and I 

Are good friends

How do you keep that friendship 

From getting

Trampled by drama

That is not ours

I am told

If we are true friends

We will be able to look past it all

However 

We are both extremely protective of our children's feelings

Something is brewing

You can feel it in the air

I am just hopeful 

We all can weather out this storm

Urge To Purge

Had the urge

To purge 

Well to be honest

I have had the urge 

For awhile

But 

Just slow to actually to get to the purging 

That all changed this weekend

The Kid and I 

Tackled her room 

With enthusiasm 

From me

And eye rolls from her

Since it was about a million degrees outside 

Going through stuff

In her air conditioned room

Was fine with me

We did get through

Tons

Of stuff

In the end

Even the Kid 

Was proud of all the stuff she purged

Two huge bags of trash

Three boxes of toys and books given to those in need

 Some  tugs at hearts strings

With struggles of things not quite ready to let go

However

We just put those things away

And 

Maybe down the road 

She will be OK with letting the things go

I am happy 

With the all that she was able to let go

Early in the week 

I met up with some friends 

One was visiting from Arizona

So we grabbed some mango margaritas

And boy

Let's just say 

Tasty

It was nice catching up 

Sadly 

It was the only night we  could get together while she was in town

 

On the 4th of July

The Kid enjoyed

Some pool time 

It was hot 

But after literally days of rainfall 

We enjoyed every ray and degree that was offered

 Later

Once the sun began to set

We grabbed our spots for some fire works

The Kid danced

While I snapped this shot

And while blurry 

I love it

 

 Hope everyone else enjoyed their weekends!