Since You've Been Gone

We've had three Tball games, a gymnastics end-of-year performance that The Daughter cried over, twice, a volunteer appreciation tea that I missed because I was at an appointment with The New Girl, a tour of the first grade which is in a different school than the kindergarten (kinder has 400 kids, first thru fourth has 1500 or so kids YIKES my baby might get lost or run over), a school field day that I skipped for a reason I can't currently recall but which disappointed The Daughter, a birthday party where my mom took The Daughter and then proceeded to not skate with her much to my annoyance, a birthday party where I took all three kids and was the only non-family there (yes, I parked on the lawn) and wherein The New Girl ran face first into a brick wall and blacked her eye, a week of sadness and rain, a rained out camping trip, one very awkward afternoon and night of camping wherein some individuals encouraged inappropriate interactions between relatives (Eww doesn't even begin to describe it), soccer sign ups, summer mini day camp sign ups, multiple dental cleanings (The New Girl has 4 cavities), a graduation ceremony, two court dates and an ISP meeting in a pear tree.