I Get To Attend Field Trips

A day late, but I still showed up

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My eldest had a field trip this week.

It started rather eventful!

I got a ticket on the way down 🤦🏻‍♀️

Should have never received one but I’m grateful it was just G in the car or I probably would have been banned from future field trips.

I showed up doing the walk of shame as every single parent had to have driven by.

I was relieved when no one brought it up.

I didn’t let it ruin our day.

It was honestly the best day I can remember in a while!!!

G and I got separated from her group and it was the best ever!!!

We got to do and see everything she wanted to do and see!

The best part was the orca show though.

Just kidding on the GIF.

G and I showed up early to the show and her group wasn’t there yet.

Just like every kid ever, she wanted to sit in the splash zone.

I thought “she’s only little once, let’s do it”

So we did.

And we got DRENCHED!

34 years I went without being splashed at SeaWorld.

34!!!!

And my first time being splashed was with my firstborn.

What a gift!!!

One thing about me and my daughters, they are each different facets of my personality.

G is wicked smart, sassy, and a perfectionist.

Kennedy is untamable, impulsive, and so strong willed.

I describe them as the following:

“Genevieve is my depressed side and Kennedy is my manic side.”

That being said, they drive me insane sometimes because we are so much alike.

I don’t like myself still on many days; getting frustrated with myself because my brain doesn’t work right, I’m impulsive with huge emotions, and I can be super mean to myself.

So trying to manage my distaste of myself with 3 of myself in the house is rough.

G and I don’t get much alone time anymore and, as my neurotypical child, not much attention is on her.

We needed this time alone!

The orca show will hopefully be a core memory for her, but for me it was during lunch.

We laughed, we got along, and I learned that she’s actually pretty funny. Like me.

This week, I encourage you to take the time to go on a date with your eldest child.

Life gets crazy, especially as a family of 3 young kids who all have different needs.

Try to remember the one that made you a mommy needs attention too, no matter how capable they are.

Time is ticking.

Time to enjoy it while they are still young enough to want to be around us .

Neurotypical kids need to know they are special too !

❤️The Aut Mama❤️

***I know SeaWorld has had a rough decade, but I didn’t pick the field trip so please don’t come for me***