Buon giorno!

Sinobia took off for Italy yesterday for 8 days.  This trip (along with a fine piece of purple leopard spot luggage and matching travel pillow) is her 7th grade "Gabby got to do it" Christmas gift.   I didn't cry, but it's a weird feeling to let your baby go so far away from home without you for the first time.

Sinobia was excited for her trip and Eric and I are excited for her.  This is an opportunity that we were not able to have when we were kids.  We still want to travel the world and will get to it one day, but this trip is for Nobby.  We were actually doing the math the other night, trying to figure out how old/young we will be when the girls are finished with college and away from home.  We will still be pretty young!  That will be our time to enjoy travel adventures together.  We can't wait!

Anyway, during the day yesterday, we got a few messages from the group.  The first one was Sinobia calling to tell us that their flight was delayed.  The second one was a message saying that they had made it to New York and would be departing from there at 6:30 pm.

I didn't sleep very well.  It's super quiet in the house without Sinobia talking non-stop, blasting her music, singing and fighting with Gabby.  No more phone calls.  Eric woke up worried.  "Should we try to call someone?" Poor guy...he's going to be a hot mess when they leave for college!  I checked on their tour diary blog.  Yea!!! There is a picture of the group safe and sound in Milan, drinking their first Italian coffees.  I let out a sigh of relief.  I know that we probably won't get any phone calls from Sinobia, so I'm relying on this tour diary to keep me posted.

So quiet in the Aiden house right now.  Gabby gets 8 days of being an only child again:)  We'll keep you posted.

All ready to go at the airport!