Mother's Day 2009

This was, by far, the most fun Mother's Day weekend I've ever had.

On Friday, I went to Abby's school for Mother's Day Tea. The kids sang songs and there were placemats with their handprints and pictures and chocolate roses. There was a buffet of lunch meat, cheese, chips and cookies. It was a really nice time. I got to hang out with my girl and meet some moms of other kids in her class.

After tea, Abby and I changed into comfy clothes and went to our hair cut appointments. The last time I cut my hair was November of 2007 - right before my sister-in-laws wedding. I am not one for scheduling regular hair cuts, so I just kind of let it go. Then a friend mentioned to me that she was going to grow her hair out for donation to Lock of Love. I thought, heck, I could do that too. So, yesterday, I had about 8/9 inches of hair cut off and now I have a real cute bob. Abby also decided to let her hair grow, because she wanted to not cut it, just like Mommy. She got about 5 inches cut off and has a real cute short hair do for summer. Yay! No more hair brushing battles!!!

After hair cuts we came home for a quick rest and some last minute camper packing. (The boys had been home all morning packing and shopping and getting us ready to go) We headed off to the campground around 4pm. Got to our site, got settled and hooked up. And then it was time for me and Abby to head home and change (again!)

We got dressed in nice clothes and went to our church's All Daughter's Banquet. It was a salad supper, so we had a lot of variety. And since it was for all the women, the boys from our small group met Mike and Josh at the campground for some hotdogs and smores. Everyone had a good time.

Abby and I came back to the campground around 8pm and the kids got ready for bed. Mike and I stayed up sitting under the EZup tent chatting. It was so nice; relaxing; bonding. We weren't wearing watches or carrying our cells phones, so I have no idea what time we went to bed....it was dark :-)

We had rain overnight, but we stayed nice and dry. Abby was up at 6am (OMG!) and by 6:30 I was awake enough to head home and walk the dog (hey - it's cheaper than boarding her and bringing her along was not an option). We ran home together and took care of the dog and picked up a few things at the store on our way back. By the time we got back to the campground, the list of forgotten things was too long to make breakfast, so we went out to the local Java Junction and had yummy breakfast sandwiches (me and Mike) and blueberry muffins (Abby and Josh). Good times!

We spent most of the day riding our bikes, playing on the beach, or playing games at the camp site. Mike and Abby headed home to walk the dog after lunch and Josh and I rested in the camper. Dinner was (yummy!) steaks and mashed potatoes. Then smores. Then bed for the kids. We didn't stay up that late last night - the wind was blowing pretty hard and it was getting cooler. The fire was warm, but it was dying quickly.

Slept much better last night - sleeping in the cool air is good :-) Kids slept in till about 6:45 this morning. I went home alone to walk the dog this morning. Picked up a few more things for breakfast and we had Saturday morning's breakfast on Sunday. Yeah, it all worked out! Went for another bike ride, played some more at the beach, cleaned up the campsite and finally packed up and went home.

It was so nice to be "unplugged" for the weekend. It felt a lot longer than 2 days. It was quiet and restful and re-energizing. I have a positive outlook on things now (yay!)

We did go out for dinner tonight - to The Olive Garden (where the wait for a table was 90 minutes, but we were able to seat ourselves in the "bar" area within minutes of walking in). The kids are tucked in and I'm looking forward to sleeping in my own bed tonight.

I appreciate the work that goes into Motherhood. It's not always easy and it's not always fun; but it IS always rewarding. Thanks to MY mom for raising me right and helping me with my kids!

Well, I think I've rambled on enough now. It was a good time and I am already trying to figure out when we can go again (before our OBX trip).