An afternoon with Avery

On Monday and Wednesday afternoons, it's just me and Avery. We drop
Caiden off at Pre-K, and for the next two and half hours it's just the girls.

We would usually go home, and I would put Avery down for her nap. Then I would
have my only "me" time. I loved it. I could catch up on cleaning, play on the
computer, call a friend, . . . . whatever my little heart desired.

But lately, she won't take a nap. It really bothered me at first because I
need my "me" time. So I would resort to just running errands or come home
and put on a movie and set her in front of the T.V. and pretend I still had my
"me" time. (Don't you judge me.)

I decided not to do that today. I have come to grips that I don't get that "me"
time anymore, instead I get "Avery and me" time. I want to embrace and enjoy
this time, she is my only girl, she is most likely our last, and they grow up so fast.

So yesterday afternoon we dropped off Caiden, and then headed out for lunch,
just the two of us. Then we checked out a new fabric store we have been eyeing. She
is my favorite shopping child. She loves it, especially stores full of "so cutes!" and this
store had a lot of eye candy for her. We found lots of cute fabric to think about,
. . . . . . . dresses, skirts, baby blankets . . . . .oh such fun stuff we found!
After that we came home and ate the rest of our stash of Girl Scout
Cookies, (Shhhhh!!! The boys don't know it yet!) then we went outside to jump
on the trampoline and blow bubbles.

I really enjoyed our afternoon together. She is a fun gal! And she enjoyed it also!
She kept saying "love you" and grabbing my face and giving me very powerful smoochies!!!