I tried to daydream, but my mind kept wandering

[ClingingToHope]

Got sad today taking the girls to their Monday night events. I told them to me it was officially the end of summer. I asked them if they had fun and ....

D12 talked about the trip to Minnesota and the Rennaissance Faire. D9 talked about the Mall of America and Valley Faire in Minnesota and learning to ride a bike and riding on the scooter and all of the sleepovers.

That made me feel better. We had lots of very good times. I reviewed this thread and I wrote about the struggles, but they remembered the fun stuff.

That's what it's all about after all.

Still, I'm being sentimental. Last night I told D12 how much fun it has been being her dad in childhood. She said I'm still her dad. But I told her next summer she'll be a teenager and things are going to change, but I really, really, really loved enjoying her pre-teen years.

D9 came running into the kitchen and asked "what about me?"

I told her we have lots more fun ahead of us before she's a teenager.