Goodbye, Shana and Ulrich....

Goodbye's are always difficult. Somehow, it's made a little easier when you're too busy chasing kids around to realize how the time passes. Still, it's not easy.

Shana and Ulrich are a model to me with Luke. Ullie is about 6 months older than the other kiddos, but Luke watched every move he made from the day the 2 met. Ulrich would crawl, Luke would try to crawl...resulting in flailing arms & legs but zero forward movement. Ulrich started walking, Luke spotted this and figured out how to pull himself up. Forward movement via cruising followed shortly after. Ulrich would laugh at the other kids, Luke would laugh. Ulrich would fall out of his stroller, Luke would do a face plant on the floor.

Shana always just handled any little thing that came her way with grace and dignity. Never got visibly angry, never snapped at people who made stupid comments, and knew just when to place a kindly blunt statement to quiet a know-it-all down. Being one who's kind of prone to just ripping another person's head off, I took note.

Shana and Ulrich are moving to Fairbanks, Alaska. Brr. Beautiful, but cold. They leave in a few days. So, a few other moms and kids got together with them on Tuesday to have one last day of fun.

Mr Biggs Little Bigg Town provided the setting. The music was.....heinous, but the setting was definitely fun. Loads of things to climb on, sand to dig in, balls to throw, and a slide to get staticy in. Of course, it also happened to be a day that Luke decided to be shy and decide he didn't want to play too much. Except for the slide. The slide was fine. Weird child.

In the group were Amanda with Jayden, Deanne with Colton & Tyler, Me with Luke, and Shana with Ulrich, naturally. We were missing Kelly with Hudson and Danika with Jade. Extenuating circumstances sometimes prevent play dates.

It was a fun day....it just went too quickly. Goodbye, Shana and Ulrich. You'll be sorely missed....