The joy of a quiet afternoon

There is nothing quite so peaceful as napping children in the afternoon! It doesn't happen very often, but today I have 2 little girls sleeping peacefully at the same time. The older 2 are at school and it's just me and the dog. I can actually hear the clock ticking! I'm sure there are a million things that I need to be doing but I have earned a little break as well. Yesterday was a "snow day" and the girls were home from school. I'm quite sure that a "snow day" in Tennessee doesn't mean the same thing as it does in Utah or anywhere else accustomed to the white stuff. We don't actually have any snow. School was cancelled because of the chance of snow and freezing rain. The weather was fine until late afternoon when the kids would have been home anyway. Even then we just had some high winds and rain. Go figure! Don't get me wrong, we had a fun day. But it was chaotic and loud! I had offered to help a friend with her kids while she went to a doctor's appointment and then, of course, the older girls had to be entertained with friends. For a good part of the day I had 6 extra kids that I had not planned on having. We had a good time and it was all fine. I even used Lauren and her friend to babysit while I went out to lunch with my friend for an hour and our afternoon was cleared up with the cancellation of Lauren's Middle School basketball game. Everything has a silver lining!
I don't know if the "Hannah Montana" craze has hit your kids, but several of mine love her and we were able to see her 3D concert at the movie theater last night. What fun! 3D has come a long way and I found myself singing along. Even Sierra was out of her seat jumping and dancing and getting in a few of the lyrics! Very fun! Part of the attraction for my girls is that Destiny Hope Cyrus and her family used to live here in Thompsons Station and attend our schools. We have even played with Hannah Montana at the city park and seen Billy Ray at the school with his guitar. Our claim to fame! But that was obviously years ago.
Which brings me to my next thought. How do our kids grow up so fast!!? We just celebrated another birthday for Lauren this month which means that I now have a teenager!! How can that be? I'm not old enough and probably not ready for it. She is a good, sweet girl and I hope we will be okay through it. It just doesn't seem possible. We had a slumber party for her birthday and there were 8 extra girls running around the house. Wow! Did you know that they can go all night without sleep! And the noise! She has good friends and it was a lot of fun. I don't think we will be doing another party though for quite a while. I must be getting old because it took days for me to catch up on my sleep!