Hurricane Hannah!

Hurricane Hannah has gone to camp! We dropped her off last night at 6 PM. She was quite the stinker and wouldn't let us take any pictures:( In fact, I think she would have been happier if we had just driven by the entrance and dropped her off. DH and I had our traditional go out to dinner and movie. We do this every year. It's a lot of fun to have the week off, but I also miss the little terror too! She is growing up too fast. I miss my cute cuddly baby. I didn't sign up to be the mother of a preteen. Don't you just love the way she let me take her picture. She was determined that I wasn't going to share it with anyone. She was really glad that only Molly was there to see her with her parents. One of my former students was a camp counselor this year.

DH and I went to lunch at this little Italian Bistro. We both had the lunch specials. I ended up cutting mine in half because the portion was soo huge. It was delicious. After lunch we headed home to work on the house and yard. I began cleaning out Hannah's areas. She has two rooms, her bedroom and her art/game room. Both were the biggest pits I have ever seen and she said that she had cleaned! Her idea and my idea of clean do not mesh. I spent two hours in the art/game room making it presentable. I took everything out of the closet and threw out the largest bag of garbage. I know I should have her do it, but I have been there and done that. It is just easier to do it myself than to argue with her what is trash and what is not. She is a doodler and wants to keep every piece of scrap paper you come across (notice what word is in scrap)! I am feeling much happier with that room.

Now I am on to her bedroom. I took everything out of the closet and dresser. I am going through her clothes and doing the same thing. I figure this is going to take me more than two hours. I am going to finish that room tomorrow. I am not ready to cope with it yet. So I will just close the door and ignore it for now. I am going to work on my planning desk and the main bathroom. Plus I have a meeting with the teacher I am mentoring so I need to prepare for that.