Roots and Wings

We had a first in the Nerdy family today.  Mighty went off to his first overnight camp. Not close to home.  For more than one night. 

Yes, I realize he is not the first child to ever go to camp.  But he is MY first child to go camp.  It's crazy to me he is old enough to be going to camp.  Away from me. 

I swear I didn't blink, but yet somehow here I am.   I feel like we are at this huge crossroads.  One that I'm not totally prepared to face just yet.  This is the beginning of his independence.  Or the beginning of where he starts to want to branch out away from us more.  I know it's the way life is, but oh my goodness.  How quickly we got here. 

We have always subscribed to the theory that the two best things we can give to Mighty and Mini are roots and wings.  Roots to know they are supported, loved and always a part of us no matter what.  Roots to be grounded in our  family values and  our faith.  But give them wings to fly.  To be Mighty and Mini in whatever they want to do and wherever they want to go.  Wings to be confudrnt in themselves and not be afraid to fall. 

So today was rubber meets the road with my first attempt at letting Mighty fly and it's way more challenging than what I was expecting.  

I know he's having fun but for now I'm  stalking Facebook for pictures and trying to not to be that Mom and text the director to see how he's doing. 

Moms of older kids who have navigated these early branching out years, do you have any words of wisdom for me?

Meet the Family

Allow me to introduce my nerdy little family.  Sure, I've talked about them here and there but now they are going to be involved in a whole new way.  So I felt like it was time to reintroduce them .

Plus also it will allow me the chance to showcase the mad skills of my friend Chris from On A Roll Designs. When the bug hit to start this new blog she was the first person I talked to(even before the hockey nerd)...not kidding.  I told her my plans for the new blog, but had absolutely no clue as to what I wanted it to look like.  Fortunately, she gets me and came up with the Nerdy Family as Pop figures.

So without further adieu here we go.

First up. Meet my main nerd. My hockey nerd. The Peter Parker to my Mary Jane.  (Working the hair color thing here). He introduced me to love of Marvel and has encouraged my fledgling comics obsession. He expanded my Star Wars Universe as well. He puts up with me so I have to say he's pretty spectacular. Bless him! (and believe me when I tell you putting up with me is a pretty big task)

Next up is Mighty.  Currently loves Minecraft and YouTube. He was genetically predisposed to a love for Star Wars and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. As well as most things Marvel.  Life goals at the moment are to be a video game designer and a YouTuber. Yeah.  He and I are working on those goals a little.

Say hello to Miss E also known as Mini.  She loves singing, Ahsoka Tano, Sabine Wren, Tony Stark, Black Panther and bunnies.  She wants to be a singer, a teacher, veterinarian.and have her own YouTube Channel.  Notice a trend here?

You know me. But I just love the details here.  Captain Phasma, Jessica Jones in hand and Mizuno on my feet. Fairly good representation of me at the moment. The only thing missing is a cup of coffee, (and maybe Wolverine claws.... )

So there you have it.  Us in a nutshell.

What are some of your favorite nerdy things?