Mama of 2 P's in a Pod

So, I had one of those over-booked, super panicked mom moments! The kind that makes you certain that someone out there is ready to nominate you for the 'worst mother of the year!' award. Big P was part of a 1st-3rd grade cheerleading clinic at our district's high school last weekend. I had it plugged into my iPhone calendar of course, along with the 10,000 other things going on. My calendar told me it got over at 12:30pm! So around 12:20, I get a call from the coach to make sure I'm ok, the clinic got over at noon and she was with Big P waiting for me. I freaked! I didn't want to be 'that' mom and I certainly didn't want my little girl traumatized! Thankfully no trauma! She was coloring and happy as could be when I got there at 12:30, the time my super mom calendar told me to be there! But I was embarrassed to say the least! And I'm sure this Friday night, when we brought her to the football game to cheer on those T-Birds, the coach was thinking, 

Kris and I have been plotting a trip to Disney World for a few years. About 6 months ago we decided to make it a reality. We made our final payment on our trip yesterday. We had talked about keeping it a surprise until we actually left, but after some thinking and talking and more thinking, we decided it was important to include them in our first family vacation. We want them to realize why we are no longer going out to eat...."do you want to grab that Happy Meal or have spending money at Disney World?" And our travel agent and friend Kela gave us some ideas her parents used to get them to work hard on their chores to earn spending money on our trip! Plus, we want them to have some say in planning our time in the Sunshine State. We got a few goodies to help with the surprise after school yesterday. Here they are reading the letter we wrote them to tell them about what we are doing! Big P has turned into quite the reader! And here they are after they finally figured it out! Al

With the start of the new school year, is also the beginning of the girls' activities. Yes, I am aware that I signed them up for extra-curriculars, but thankfully I have not gone overboard with what they are involved in. I have a few friends who are not very good at saying no. Kris and I want the girls to try everything and see what they like and are good at, and go with those, but that does not mean we need to try everything at once. Big P danced last year and did awesome at her recital in June! Little P did AWANA at church (coincidently the same night as Big P's dance class which made for a fun shuffle across town) and LOVED IT! In fact, Big P realized mid school year she wanted to do AWANA. We told her we would let her try it this year. SO they are now both in dance one night and AWANA the next. They both played T-ball this past summer, thankfully on the same team. Next summer will be a different situation. Big P would like to try volleyball and soccer. Little P loves to pla