My two older children left this morning to spend 5 weeks with their grandma in the mountains of North Carolina. I'm still trying to balance the excitement I have for them and the adventures they're going to have, and the fun and activities my wife and I will be able to do with our youngest in that time, with the fact that I will miss them :-( I'm on the excitement side of the pendulum right now because they just left, but I know that soon I will switch to the other side and miss their chaos, humor, and spirit.
For now I'll enjoy the relative peace (two less people for my youngest to argue with) and quiet (two less people running through the house).
