On Thursday, the Women's Ministries had a Holiday Extravaganza. Women in the church volunteer to host a table and they decorate it elaborately. We got served a wonderful dinner by men in the church, and then we enjoyed entertainment provided by the Konzelman Family. If you ever get a chance to watch them, go for it! They are great!Anyway, as I was looking over the 350+ women and all of the beautiful holiday decorations I found myself day dreaming about being able to take my girl, Grace, to events like this. Someday she will be old enough and we can get all dressed up together and make it a night out. I am also so excited to have a girl to take to Mother's Day Brunches!
Wow, I am going to have a daughter.
My mom always found special ways growing up to have girl nights. (I have two older brothers.) I remember one year, when I was about ten, my mom took me to the hair salon, bought me a new dress, went to a fancy restaurant, and we ended the day by going to a pageant! My mom told me that at dinner she had the puberty talk with me.....I don't remember that part at all though! I just remember the pleasant parts of the night. I even remember what I ate for dinner.
Children are such a blessing. They are all so unique in personalities. Ross and I want to make it a priority to always spend special individual time with our kids. My dad used to take me on Daddy/Daughter dates. I looked forward to our dates so much! He showed me how a girl should be treated. I know Grace will love going on dates with her daddy too.
Do you have any special memories of something you and one of your parents did alone together?
well, mom and I would go shopping. It was a good time and I think now we both miss that we can't ever do it together....even though I am not even a shopper!! I am a buyer for sure.
ReplyDeleteWith dad,I remember going on runs with him. I think it was more that he was going for me, but I know that he would have gone anyway. It was so nice to get to train with him the summer when we got to come home from boarding school. Oh, and when we'd play the trombone and sax in a harmonizing glee of Christmas carols!!
Good times!
With my Dad we always had father daughter dates, that we would sometimes go on with other father/daughter friends...that was always pretty fun. I remember being very awkward and ungrateful for some of them...but I was around 13--go figure :) It's not been until about the last seven or eight years that we have grown MUCH closer and we have our little inside jokes and we spend more time building the "missing" friendship part of our relationship. Football and politics seem to be the hot topics we call eachother about now.
ReplyDeleteWith my mom, she and I always had "dates" I guess you could call them. It was much easier to find time with Mom...especially during tax season (dad is an accountant) and since spring break always falls in dad's busy time, spring break was ALWAYS spent with just mom. We'd take trips and shop. My mom is my best friend now. It's rare to go more than a day or two without talking to her...I love it.
I really do think that all that time spent then (even thru the rough teen years) have paved the way for a really strong relationship AND friendship now.
We make it a HUGE priority to spend one on one time with each kid, too. We notice a big difference in their behavior even...it's really cool. They ARE ALL so different and I think it's only when you seperate them out that you get to not only SEE those differences but also LOVE and appreciate them.
THanks for this post. SO GREAT.
(judging by the length of this comment, I'm guessing this might be a subject I could blog about also. :)
xoxo