absence

glenn's absence today was profound.
obviously because of his birthday, but also because together we celebrated the eve of camp drop-off,  looking forward to being just sheryl & glenn for 3 weeks. i go to bed tonight with more firsts checked off the list.

morgan, sara and i each filled the day with things we needed to accomplish before camp: therapy, writing thank you notes, studying world history, swimming, last minute packing, cheer practice, etc. we all talked about it being daddy's birthday, and for sara, she "acknowledged it" but it was just another day. she is so excited to go to alonim and her excitement for life continues to be brilliant.
while morgan was packing she couldn't find her camera battery which caused much frustration for her, and when she and i took a pause in searching for it, she shared that the moment not only sucked because she couldn't find the battery, but also "because it is daddy's birthday." her tears were short-lived and i could tell the release helped her. minutes later sara came into morgan's room to help and the first place sara looked, she found it. i took off my crown today and named sara the new "queen of find." all of that brought a few smiles, and everyone was able to move about throughout the day.

dinner was exactly what the three girls (jane, too) ordered: carne asada! so we made a big taco bar which also included ground turkey meat, rice, beans, salad, corn, salsa, guac, chips, crunchy taco shells and flour tortillas. aunty andy brought diddy riese cookies, we busted out the favorite scotchmallows (thanks for jen schiff), and tastes of ciao bella's key lime graham squares (kudos to paula). 

ed and i are meeting hollye at the circuit works 7a class tomorrow.