Last Saturday spring arrived in Saskatchewan for a very short time (for less then 24 hours) and I took full advantage of it. I went to my running club, then quickly showered and got dressed, hit up Costco and the outdoors with the kiddos. Even though I love dressing up for work, most of the time at home this is the kind of outfit you would find me in, jeans, casual t-shirt, hair up and little to no makeup, weekend. This crop top is quickly becoming my favorite item I see myself wearing it a great deal around the campfire this summer. I recently purchased it from a local store called Hardpressed. Their line of clothing draws inspiration from where we live, the city of bridges is our slogan, and they hand print the designs in their studio which is visible to the costumer through a glass wall. They also carry other brands that are similar in quality and uniqueness to their own. This top and the tanktop featured here are my first purchases from the shop and I am hooked. The quality is astounding and the comfort of this crop top is unreal. I wore it three days in a row!!! (I know gross but I just couldn't get enough of the softness).
Since Saturday, the weather has taken a drastic turn and we have had a massive dump of snow and are back to frigid temperatures. Sadly I had to go back to my winter wardrobe, winter boots, snowboarding mitts, toques and a warm parka when going outdoors for any length of time. I can only dream of spring fashion so I created this little collage of my spring wish list items. Have a great weekend ladies and thanks for stopping by.
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.
