{"id":208,"date":"2009-08-24T23:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T23:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/24\/one-child-short\/"},"modified":"2009-08-24T23:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T23:21:00","slug":"one-child-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/24\/one-child-short\/","title":{"rendered":"One Child Short"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victoria is once again down in Nebraska, staying with our wonderful friends Tiffany, Rex and kiddos.  They are like family, only more fun!  <\/p>\n

This is day four or so of our oldest child being gone.  We miss her, but we’re glad she’s got the opportunity to do neat stuff like this.  <\/p>\n

Last time Victoria was down in Nebraska, she had reached her infamous all-grown-up, who-needs-Mom stage<\/a>.  I am pleased to report that she outgrew that and now misses me quite a bit.  <\/p>\n

Is it wrong to be happy about this?  \ud83d\ude42  <\/p>\n

Not that she’s miserable and not that I’m gleeful about it, but she calls frequently and wants to just talk and talk.  She says she wishes I were down there with her. We talked for 59 minutes just in one call.  Thank goodness we got unlimited long distance!<\/p>\n

I’m glad my little girl is growing up, but I’m also so glad that she once again cherishes Mama time.  Eleven was just too young to give her up!<\/p>\n

I hear she’s having a wonderful time, though.  She’s made new friends, helped babysit a toddler, gone on walks, played Wii and Nintendo and an invented magic dragon game, gone to the great big library they have (that’s a big deal to Victoria!), took a roadtrip to Kansas and even got to go to the (gasp) mall.  Yes, malls are big deals to us out here too.  We’re 90 miles away from the nearest real one!  <\/p>\n

We’ve been trying to have extra fun around here with the younger kids.  I know it’s hard to watch their big sister get to go off on adventures with friends they all love too.  We’ve been on some neat field trips and had fun little treats.<\/p>\n

Sometime in the next week, we’ll head south and meet up somewhere to pick Victoria up.  For now, she gets to play at having a funny British mom who makes wonderful tea, a take-charge dad who spoils everybody and a much neater, much quieter house with lots and lots of pets and fun new siblings.<\/p>\n

And I still can’t wait to get her back.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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