Mother-Daughter Weekend Recap

 

 

 Do you ever feel like you didn't turn out to be the mother you always invisioned yourself as being? 

 

I do.   

 

There have been moments when I've felt like I am sitting on a moving train, looking outwards and seeing my life flying by and completely being disconnected from it.  Thankfully it's only sometimes that I feel this way and over the past five years I've been making a concious effort to live in the present more often then worrying about the next thing life will throw my way, or the scheduals that I need to keep up, or the next step in my career, or all the activities my girls "should be in".  Today I am celebrating taking a moment, or the weekend, to truly enjoy being with my girls.  A couple of weekends ago Logan went off to visit his buddy in Edmonton and the girls and I planned a weekend for ourselves. 

 

Friday night we cuddled up on the coach and binged watched The Next Step.  It's a dance show about an aspiring group of tween dancers and their day to day trials and tribulations.  It's totally corny and I am totally into it.  LOL!

 

 

Saturday we made gluten free pancakes (we all agreed that they turned out pretty well ) and hit the mall to get the girls haircuts.    We had a quick stop at Hardpressed, a local store that makes Saskatchewan unique shirts.  We purchased a  'grown on the prairies' shirt for our baby cousin and a few items for me. Halie and I agreed to buy the cropped sweatshirt to share, our first mother-daughter piece of clothing to share. 😍  

 

 

We hit the road to Regina right after lunch in good spirits!  We had loud girly music, coffee and hot chocolate for the road.  In Regina we had a blast staying with one of my dearest friends, Ashley and her family.  We made homemade pizzas, the girls played for hours, went into the hot tub  and had a movie night! 

 

 

 

On Sunday Anya helped Myalle's celebrate her 6th birthday, while Halie and I had a few hours to ourselves.  Halie's wish was for the two of us was to hit the trampoline park.  I hadn't participated in the jumping before so it was a lot of fun to do various obstacle courses, play dodgeball and jump around.  My cousin also joined our fun!

 

 

 

 

Finally we made it home late Sunday night, after we stopped by McDonalds for Happy Meals.  My girls were thrilled, as this is not a normal thing for me to do.  Sometimes its nice just to be "fun mommy" for a whole weekend and not worry about a clean house, chores piling up, doing homework, or working on anything except spoiling the girls.

I want to make these weekends a more regular part of our lives, especially since the years are just flying by and before I know it, they are going to be doing their own thing, with their own friends. 

Girls Weekend: To Be 20 Again

FUN!  LUAGHS!  BEAUTY!  #IFEEL20AGAIN. 

 

That pretty much sums up our girls weekend getaway.  There was five of us girls that drove up to Waskesiu Lake for the Outter Limits Fun Run.  The ladies I went with are all incredible women and some I've known for a long time, since University, and other friendships  have been formed thoughout my years of teaching.  We are all intelligent, confident, strong women that  are at various points in our lives.  The beauty of having such a diverse group is that we can all learn from each other and grow with each other.

 

I don't get to do girls weekends often, or EVER, but I am finally at a point where I can leave the girls and feel good about it and finicially we can offered that kind of get away.  Our time together was short but sweet.  We drove up for the run on Saturday morning before the run, so we were up early, and were home by mid-afternoon on Sunday.   Running through the bush trail, surrounded by the fall color palette is breathtaking.  Honestly it moves me like nothing else.  With every step, hill, turn, it seemed to get more and more beautiful.  Being a fun run, there was no timer and no pressure for a personal best.  I ran and ran and ran.  Every step filled my soul more than the previous.  I ran because I loved it.  I ran because I wanted to.  I ran because I felt passionate about it.  My love for running has returned.  (Sidenote: Since my half marathon race, I have had a hard time running just for the pure enjoyment and so this was an amazing  feeling). 

This was my trail.  Breathtaking. 

We ended up staying in a two bedroom cabin and boy did we laugh.  The kind of laughs that make you keel over, hold your pee and laugh with your whole body.  We sang all the best songs (Red, Red Wine, Bye, Bye, Bye, etc.) and we drank some red, red, wine.  There was a dance and we stayed out on the dance floor until the very last melody had it's turn; Lindsay and I were out there as if we were still 20 and had not a single worry in the world.  It was an absolute blast! 

 

Lindsay and I have been friends since the first day of University, when I tried to cheat off of her in our English class.  :) 

Shot, shot, shot.

 



We also took in the nature and marvelled at the fall colors that surrounded us.  We hiked 9km the following morning through the trails and held on to the peacefulness that only being in nature can provide you with.  I love being out in nature.  I also love watching the waves beat against the shoreline and the sun rays reach  the water making it sparkle and shine.  As we drove away from our weekend, we all took in the beauty surrounding us and we were all thankful to have created new friendships and strengthen old ones.  We vowed to return next year and make this an annual event. 

For me, I was ready to come home.  To see my girls.  To take on the business that is my life, but with a  fresh and renewed sense of self.  I wish these girls weekends happened more frequently but I am also thankful that I have a chance to have them at all.

 

Happy hump day all!