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a date

princess was invited to spend the afternoon/evening with grandma today! it was a nice surprise for me and of course she was thrilled to accept the invitation. after i dropped her off i started pondering the reaction mapboy was going to have. i had formulated quite a lesson in sharing grandma and that life isn't fair byt the time i got back home.

much to my suprise (and a bit of pride!) he got off the bus in a great mood and was actually thrilled for his sister to have some girl grandma time! when we got back in the house i told him i would love to take him out for a special afterschool snack. he picked the local coffee shop for a smoothie and cookie and since it was beautiful we walked.

it was so much fun. we just enjoyed talking about his day and all the events of school. i heard about his friends and the games they invented for recess. we played checkers and he came from behind to beat me fair and square. it was great!

we returned home and he set to work on his homework so nicely. no whining or anything. when the homework was over he just took off to play.

i reflected on this later tonight. last week our afternoons were pure torture. while i thought mapboy would be totally bummed about missing grandma he was more excited about having mom to himself. even i truly enjoyed our "date"

this reminded me of a few years ago when i read the book how to really love your child. mapboy definitely likes quality time with us, but it hit me that i think he is really jealous of the fact that princess has mom time every day. he loved having some time set aside for him. there was no phone, no computer, no chores....just his mom!

so take your child on a date...head out with them. get out of the house. and just enjoy your child for who they are. i needed this today, maybe even more than he did!!

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