The Fab Five

There are five of us....Shelley, Amy, Leigh Anna, Becky and Marianne...we are the "girls" of the "girls night out". We haven't been able to get together since, I think February , ...I miss it.
We do everything and nothing when we get together. There is ALWAYS food and ALWAYS laughter...sometimes tears, hugs and encouragement. Between the five of us we have 12 kids...12!
The last time we got together, we took all the kids rollerskating. Usually, we don't include the kids, that's the whole point of us being together...but at Amy's suggestion we went to Garden Rollerskating Rink. (Emily's birthday)
Leigh Anna and Marianne could not take the risk of donning a pair of skates, so they held down a quad-booth and babysat whichever kids who were not skating. Now, Becky, my dear Becky, turned into a roller skating fiend. She and my daughter Samantha (aka Samzie) took to the wooden floor and threw their heads back in laughter. My baby, my baby!, skated around the rink on her own. I didn't have one to "walk" around the rink anymore....it was wonderful and sad at the same time.
After a few times around, I was exhausted. Amy was second guessing her suggestion of the rink a few moments after we got there, and there was no toilet paper in the bathroom..or door. We tried to keep drinks separated, hands clean, shoes and purses in a pile and at least one eye on all the kids......Kelsey got sick, Owen and CJ got bored, Brody was scared, and Emily was being forced to be a hostess.... we spent money on video games, tattoos, pickles, mountain dews and overpriced pizza and nachos.....I can't remember how many hours we actually stayed, but I'm sure it seemed longer than it was...as we all gathered and dispersed various items of clothing, shoes and purses, (and after we dragged Becky off the skating rink) we headed for the parking lot. We decided that it had been an excellent time for all and laughed at memories already being remembered.....yes we would do this again! It was unanimous! As we caught each other's eyes, and all the kids were looking the other way, we silently added that the next roller rink night would be WITHOUT the kids....after all, that's one of the reasons we get together right? To not be mom's/wives? Don't you judge us! Maybe one day, you too can have a group of 5 that are dedicated to making it through this life with as much dignity and laughter as possible:)