<p>TxTwinsMom - Sara was very impressed with your daughter. She marvelled at how she and Ashley seemed to both get their polar opposite. Apperently Your daughter was the quieter of the two (her and missmuff). </p>
<p>Fencersmom - I know she was equally impressed by your Sons. </p>
<p>ChristCorp - It is funny but as time passes they do pull away. Their lives will be controlled by the Cadre over the summer. The Thanksgiving visit will be joyous and sad. Christmas was even harder. By the time spring break rolls around they will ahve begun finding themselves.</p>
<p>For each of you the 2012 yahoo groups will give you a lot of solid news, and a place to vent when things aren’t going as planned. As was said before if all goes well by the time they graduate your relationships will be differnet, but still the same.</p>
<p>ds, It was a pleasure to have a nice dinner with Sara. She gave us some good advice and made DD feel even better about her decision to attend AFA. </p>
<p>This last month of Senior Year is busier than ever. Prom is next week, then parties, banquets and so forth. I told my best friend the other day that I had had an epiphany, “God gave us the teenage years so that we wouldn’t be so sad to see them go.” I love my girls so very much but right now I’m tired with no end in sight!</p>
<p>I was looking at our family calendar on the wall and we have NO free weekend until June 14. Sigh, when my kids leave their little nest, I am going to have to take a long nap! </p>
<p>I know lil sis will be very sad to see her buds leave, but I wonder how the dogs will react. When big bro left, they just sat outside his room for about 3 days - walked in, sniffed around (stray contraband food under the bed?), walked out, and sat down in the doorway. </p>
<p>The “going” seems harder on the parents. I suspect the “staying” (at a service acad) is MUCH harder for the kids.</p>
<p>We have two Chihuahua’s (Mia and Mochii). Mia gets really anxious when Sara is about to leave. They both go absolutely nuts when she returns. Sara always asks do you think they miss me. We can honestly answer yes. If you ask Mia “Where is Sara” she will run to her bedroom and start looking for her.</p>
<p>As for the little sisters one misses her the other is indifferent. Not really indifferent just much more concerned with her own life. You have to love teenagers. I miss when they were in Elementry School, and much easier to manage.</p>