All Grown Up

Amber went to her first "sleep-over" last night after much pleading and begging. I wasn't quite ready to start the whole spend the night thing with her, but finally gave in. Other kids in her class were sleeping over as well and knowing her personality, I knew she'd be fine without me. She told my husband yesterday morning that she wasn't even going to miss us. She's so independent, but at least try and make us feel better by pretending to miss us:-) She ended up having a great time and she got to sleep just fine last night. Now, she is going to want to have sleep-overs all the time! She's already asked to have another one tonight!

Josh is at a birthday party tonight for all his 6th grade class. He went with a friend and I'm hoping that he will return without too many bumps and bruises. I'm getting so concerned about the friends he's around and the choices he's making. He is a follower and I want him to make wise choices, but I know he's a lot like me. I tried to call his cell phone a couple of minutes ago and he didn't answer. Jim (my husband) just told me that me calling would probably be embarrassing to him and that's probably why he didn't answer. Oops! I guess I'm not going to do well with these teen years and him going out and getting more independent.