First of all, let me say Happy Mother's day to all you amazing Woman out there! Mother's day for me has always been more about Womanhood then actually having children. A time to celebrate the special qualities that only a Woman has. I feel very blessed to be a Woman, and a Mother, and am grateful for the wonderful example that my Mother has always been to me. She is the most selfless, loving, and accepting person I have ever known and I will spend the rest of my earthly life trying to emulate her!
Mother's day started for me Friday morning. Ryan took the day off so that I could go to the Mother's day party that Nate's Kindergarten class was putting on for their Mom's. We had an hour of yummy food, pampering, and entertainment. As each Mother entered the classroom, their child met them at the door, said "thank you for coming", and took us to our seats where they pulled out our chairs for us, and gave us a little firefly pin to pin on ourselves. Once all the Mother's were seated our children served us angel food cake with strawberry's and whip cream, and punch. While we ate they did a little fashion show for us. Modeling very fun and unique hats. Here is a pic of Nate with his golf hat...
It was so cute. Our child then cleared our plates, then we moved to a bigger area and the kids did a little dance for us, which they then taught to us! Then they sang us a special song! When we went back into the classroom, the kids had a gift for us, which we couldn't open until Sunday. It was so nice and special! The perfect start to Mother's day! Here's Nate after they performed their song...
We headed home for some lunch, and then Ryan and the kids drove me to Fort Macleod to meet my Mother in-law and sister in-law. Here's a pic of Ty falling asleep on the drive there...
I said goodbye to my family and headed to Calgary for a weekend of girl time, pampering, and spiritual uplifting! First we did some shopping, ate dinner, and then went and got pedicure's done. Here is my finished product...
Then we headed to Time Out for Woman where we listened to some fabulous speakers. We got back to our hotel pretty late but were hungry so we ordered some food, then went to bed. We ordered breakfast in the morning, and then headed back to Time Out for Woman. We spent the whole day there listening, learning, laughing, and feeling inspired to be better, but to also love and appreciate who we already are. The conference theme was about becoming. What we can become and what we want to become. It was very, very good, and inspired and motivated me. The biggest thing I took away was that sometimes I tend to put myself in this Motherhood bubble. There are so many things I "can't or shouldn't" do because I'm a Mother (this is probably the reason that so many woman say they lose themselves as their rearing small children), but that anything is possible. Raising our children is the most important job we will do but that doesn't mean that we can't still learn and grow in other ways, and do the things that make us happy as well. It was a really good conference. A perfect pre-Mother's day weekend. I had such a fun time with Connie and Jacki and am so grateful for their example's, but especially their friendships! On our drive back home I was wishing we were staying just one more night, but it was exciting to see Ryan and my little kiddies cute little faces! I looked at them and saw just a little glimpse in their excited and happy faces the way THEY see me and it felt so great and wonderful! Sunday was also a fabulous day, but I'll continue that post tomorrow. I've already spent enough time on my blog. So....
To be continued...
