Last week my daughter wanted me to just lay on the bed with her for a while. We relaxed, we talked and we just spent some time together doing absolutely nothing. She decided that we should do a mother-daughter activity some time soon. I thought that was a great idea and we decided on lunch.
The next weekend arrived and she was all excited. We decided we should try to do something “spa-like” before our lunch date. We did each other’s nails. She decorated mine with flowers and, aside from cotton ball fuzz sticking to the polish, I think they looked pretty good. She picked the spot for lunch and we left the boys behind.
At our table for two, we talked about how school was going, how she was enjoying her activities and if she was OK with me being away so much. I had one of those proud mother moments when she told me that she was really happy for me because I was going after something that I have always wanted to do. She reminded me that this was one of my dreams and how I am always telling them to do that. What a great kid! It could also be the fact that I am not home telling her what to do!
Lunch was very nice and I even splurged for dessert. We got some deep-fried ice cream (which was huge) and shared it.
The November day was beautiful and we ended our special time with some fun in the playground. These are the moments where all the craziness of life makes it all worth while.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Family Time Is Important!
For three weeks now I have been driving back and forth – 2 hours each way – for my work placement as part of my course. The experience has been incredible however this driving is really tiring me out. The trade-off is though, that I have been able to be home with my family in the evenings. This is worth all of the sleep that I am missing. It is so nice to be back home with my family – to sit together, tuck them into bed, and just be together under the same roof!
My daughter asked me to lie on the bed with her at bedtime last week and it hit me that maybe she is struggling at times with me being away. She has been very supportive and not really shown any signs of problems but maybe she just needed some time of being together – just the two of us. This past weekend we decided that this coming weekend we would have a girls night out. Well, actually it will be a girls lunch out, but you get the picture. She’d like to go out for lunch and do something together. I think this is a great idea and once I am all done my course in May, I plan to take her out for a real girls day and we’ll go to the spa or do something really special.
My son, on the other hand, wouldn’t be too thrilled with a day at the spa, so I’ll have to think about something that we could do together, too. Lunch would appeal to him, for sure, but I’ll try to come up with something for the two of us to do together, too.
As for my husband? He deserves some thanks, too, as he’s been running the house during this adventure, and I must say he’s not doing a bad job! I do like to remind him that he is basically doing what I’ve been doing for the past 13 years – just to keep him grounded!
There is no way I could be doing this course without the full support of my family and I look forward to being home all of the time and getting everything back to normal!
My daughter asked me to lie on the bed with her at bedtime last week and it hit me that maybe she is struggling at times with me being away. She has been very supportive and not really shown any signs of problems but maybe she just needed some time of being together – just the two of us. This past weekend we decided that this coming weekend we would have a girls night out. Well, actually it will be a girls lunch out, but you get the picture. She’d like to go out for lunch and do something together. I think this is a great idea and once I am all done my course in May, I plan to take her out for a real girls day and we’ll go to the spa or do something really special.
My son, on the other hand, wouldn’t be too thrilled with a day at the spa, so I’ll have to think about something that we could do together, too. Lunch would appeal to him, for sure, but I’ll try to come up with something for the two of us to do together, too.
As for my husband? He deserves some thanks, too, as he’s been running the house during this adventure, and I must say he’s not doing a bad job! I do like to remind him that he is basically doing what I’ve been doing for the past 13 years – just to keep him grounded!
There is no way I could be doing this course without the full support of my family and I look forward to being home all of the time and getting everything back to normal!
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