We were blessed to have time individually with both of our grands and our girl this weekend. It was so much fun. That little one has impeccable timing and called for us to hang out just as we were heading to MADE to pick up her ceramics. Quick detour and we had the little in tow and a different plan for the afternoon. Because when you are bringing her along, you simply cannot just pick something up. You definitely need time to play and explore. Which is exactly what we did. We of course had to stop for her ice cream flight at her favorite spot. If you are local to St. Louis, we highly recommend the ice cream flight at The Fountain on Delmar, they have lots of grown up options also.
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| how to contain a dragon |
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| pondering her pot |
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| ceramic bowls by the dragon |
One of the crafting opportunities was to make macrame hanging baskets, and one cannot make hanging baskets and forget to put flowers in them. So a quick stop at Home Depot on the drive home and we were ready for her to plant. And of course we had to make a special one for mom, that would last longer.
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| the treasure for Mom |
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| My gifts from my girl |
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| Grampa's gift |
When we drove her home our girl took a break, she is in the process of changing her house, she is a complete whirlwind when that happens, so the hour with her was also priceless.
We'd wanted to take our little dragon to the earth day celebration, but it was insanely packed and none of us had the emotional desire to put ourselves in that position. Hubs and I headed out to go alone on Sunday morning, but heavy rain started just as it was about to start.
We quickly switched our plans and ran other errands and such. I had gone to a local garden club pop up and decided to buy some perennials. Lots of perennials. Today will be a day of planting, or at least starting to. After surveying the grass that is coming up we determined we needed more seed. We have a few areas where there is a combination of birds and washout, we are determined to have a pretty lawn where that tree used to live. I'll be heading out in a moment to do more patching to the green.
The oldest grand sent me a text message to ask for a ride home from work. It was awesome to pick her up with one of her favorite beverages in hand and sit in the car chatting for far too long! It feels like forever since we've just talked. I felt blessed in ways there are no words for. We talked about everything imaginable and then realized we'd killed the time between her getting off of work and heading back for a staff meeting. Not a problem, we talked some more while we drove back to her work. Hubs was napping and I rarely get time with just my girl. I cannot tell you how much I have missed that. She and I used to spend many hours together, traveling and doing, just the two of us. Then she grew up, darn it, they always do.
Our boy sent us pictures out of the blue, I miss him something terrible, but he has his own life to live. They look healthy and happy, a mom simply cannot ask for more. I might have memorize the pictures by now I've stared at them so long.
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| Beau trying to guilt dad into more treats |
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| Not sure why we won't move up his med time he has decided it is "snack time" and he was ready |
All in all... this weekend didn't go at all as we'd planned. But we caught up with kiddos, ran into friends, did some errands, relaxed and enjoyed life. I am not sure it can be much more perfect than that.
Today is the day for catch up. I am looking for the birthday gift request from the oldest. It has to be perfect ya know (I love what she's asked for too!). Doing my chores, gardening, cooking, finishing orders, basically I'm living my everyday, ordinary, amazing life!
I hope this last Monday in April, brings you the start of the perfect week. One that might have a few opportunities to switch it up and move forward. I am starting to treasure those instances.
love and peace, b
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| There was actually a blue bird visiting |
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