Natalie wanted to come to Longmeadow for her birthday, so I write outside the pool showers at the Hartford Marriott. Everyone can hear their rendition of Deck the Halls as I wait. I survived a night with four tweens in one hotel room. They watched Sleepover (from 2004), did hair, used facial products, ate way too much sugar, played with fidgets, played on their phones (ugh – 2 of 4 had them) and giggled. We were in bed by 11 because I’m 40… and I have a School Committee retreat at noon today. They set their alarm (we compromised at 7:23 and 40 seconds) so they would get more time together. We also got our nails done yesterday, had lunch with our priest (a big I Love Lucy fan who knows Natalie finds it funny too and bought her two ornaments in NYC), and slept over at another good friends house. Elliott is here too but on mega sleepovers/play dates with his two best friends so I haven’t seen him except for transporting him between two houses and sneaking a hug in. I think he made a TNT explosion on mindcraft YouTube video last night.
we miss Conor and Jordan but they had a fun trip to IKEA and are hanging out with his brothers fam today.
