Cherish the moments

I feel like I'm always on the go with DD. I work all day while she is at Pre-K. I pick her up after work and there is barely enough time nightly to spend time doing things with her. We have to have dinner, and bath, and read books. On weekends, it seems we need to visit relatives or we try to make plans with friends -- so it seems we are always on the go.

And now we have softball taking up time. Well, yesterday we did have a 1:30 softball game. It went until 3pm. DH had made plans to go to a movie with a friend he does not get to see often. DD wanted to do something. I tried calling one friend who was not home but then I decided to try for some "Mommy and Me" time. There are so many places I think of that I want to take her and never have time -- Bowling, Movies....

We went to an indoor golf place called "Monster Golf". It does have some scary decorations but nothing outrageous. Everything is glow in the dark and black lights. Of course she cheated like crazy to get the ball in the cup - but we had to wait until we could move to the next hole anyway so I let her take 7 or 8 tries.

Then we went to Friendleys for dinner. Just the two of us. Alone. In a booth. She made a lovely picture while we chatted. We ate our dinners and had ice cream. It was nice. It really made me feel good.

Slow down. Cherish the moments in Life. Remember your children are only this age once.