Hello everyone and welcome back to our Weekly Wrap Up! This past week the girls began taking the bus together to school. Big sister Annaliese showed her little sister the ropes. The girls are lucky to have a cheerful driver who makes each morning a joy with his friendly greetings.

After much heated debate among the various members of our family (my three older boys play soccer) surrounding gymnastics vs. soccer, we decided to enroll Annaliese on a girls soccer team in the same club as her older brothers. How to get her to the practices and games? Well, I’m taking that challenge one day at a time. Some lovely families have stepped up this weekend and we’re so grateful. With four games north of the city today, I really needed that help. Phew!

Here’s my little trooper after her first game. They split the field and half allowing the girls a lot more play time. One little cutie scored a goal for the other team. Adorable. And good that at this point, the parents can still laugh about that stuff.

Mommy had two special meet ups with great college friends. First up, my dear friend Ana who is a top executive with an entertainment company. Ana is a huge role model for me, always staying focused on developing and moving up in her career, while being a super mom and great supporter of her extended family. I admire Ana’s spirit of adventure and we’re so similar in that way, both loving to travel and enjoy life. We met up this summer in Barcelona so I’ve been lucky to see her twice in such a short time. Go Ana!

Then, my good friend Lauren came into town and we found time for a nice breakfast. Although Lauren and I were soul mates in college, both pretty devoted to our studies, and went abroad to Paris the same semester, we haven’t stayed in as close tough. Lauren has raised her kids in Atlanta and now Durham so our paths have crossed less. Amazing that after not having seen each other for 12 years, we shared such a special morning and could talk so honestly about our kids, our husbands, lives as working moms in unconventional professions, and many more things. We spent half the time laughing.

I’m feeling so lucky to have these great women in my lives and the time to spend with them. If there’s a close friend you have fallen out of touch with, send a text, an email or even make a call today. She or he is probably missing you too. Even if you only have five minutes, you’ll be so glad you connected. We all have so much in common with old friends we know from when we were younger, so don’t let those precious relationships go.

Wishing everyone a fabulous week and make sure to check back in for some fun new content this week.

Love,

Melissa

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