Roll with the changes.......

Hello Cousins! I know things have been slow on the blog, but I'm sure it's because we've all been getting every bit of summer out of these months that we can. For me, it seemed like last weekend was the last summer weekend. We celebrated Mia's birthday with a fun party and had a cookout.
On Tuesday, we had our first experience with starting school. Let me share that the first day of school is one that I imagined over 1000 times in my head. This summer alone, I thought about how it would be everyday...and everyday I cried- all I could think about was spending the last 6 years together all day, and now we had to separate for most hours. I hated that I couldn't yell out "how ya doin' honey?" while doing dishes and she yells back "Good, Mom. Just playing...or coloring..or dancing....." My thoughts were torturing me. (this is the part when I ask for Bernadette's expertise in referring a book on separation anxiety :o) I truly tortured and worried myself about not being with her. Although I never told her it was worrying me, by the time it was only a few days away, the poor kid thought I had terrible allergies because my eyes were so swollen and red. I even faked sneezing a few times when I needed tissues over and over again. (I'm telling ya, it was awful!!) - Well, the first day was really hard for me, but more importantly, She did FANTASTIC! She loved her day and her teacher. The 2nd day was just as good and a bit easier for me. Today, went quicker than the others and she is totally loving it. It's awesome how great she's adapted already. I hope it stays this way for her.
Sooooooo, that being our big news in my house, we did go on some really fun day trips to end the summer. We went to an amusement park, a couple of fairs, the movies, a sprinkler park by us and The Crayola Factory. My best friend and I even got out to the movies again, which is always fun for me.
Well, I hope everyone has a great Labor Day Weekend!! Oh, I forgot to mention that to add to my anxiety, we've had a bear in our neighborhood! A medium size black bear. It's gone thru our garbage a few times and last night, I watched it walk around our back yard for about 4 or 5 minutes. He's not afraid of noise, so the things I was trying to do to get him to go away didn't work. I talked with someone from our borough today and she said there's been a lot of calls from all over the area with sightings. Not what I think of as exciting... I'm pretty nerved out over everything, so it can go eat someone else's garbage. Oy!!!
Okay all, I'm heading inside to clean up. Have a good night!
love to you all!!
~jenn