Traveling across Texas and the country with preschoolers is no joke. After a few meltdowns (and a few from the kiddos, too 😂), we quickly discovered the learning curve and that we had to get up to speed quickly - for everyone's sanity and health. 

Preparing for our trek across the country and knowing that we would stay in hotels and in friends’ guest rooms, I started scrolling through my mental rolodex for all my packing and travel hacks.

You know those busy school mornings where you can’t find little Junior’s shoes or little Lassie’s backpack suddenly vanishes into oblivion? Staying in a hotel easily tops that. All the planning goes out the window and we can’t find anything. Our room easily looked like a Forever21 dressing room at the end of back to school sale.

Our suitcases exploded in our rooms. And we have preschoolers!

We we wanted to do better.

I had a conversation with a client the other day that brought me to tears. 

And I have a feeling that if I had the same conversation with you, it would be a similar story. 

This week, I went from being "Momma" to "Mom." My heart may have broken a little as I realized that you are growing up, and that there is nothing that I can do to change that. 

I love most about you now that you constantly ask, "You want to play with me?" You make me feel like the most important person in the world the way you constantly crave my attention. I love watching you grow into your own person. You are such a girly girl. I love watching you swoon over pretty dresses and sparkly things. You love to have tea parties... ok, we have coffee parties.