My favorite time is when it’s just me and my girl. You would think as a single mom that we would have way too much togetherness but that just isn’t the way it works. Now that Hailey is older she has her own stuff going on and I hardly ever see her. When she was younger while we may have physically been in the same place at the same time, that’s not really the same as spending time together.
I learned very early on that I needed to make time to spend with Hailey, she let me know that just being in the same house wasn’t good enough, she wanted my undivided attention and I had to learn how to juggle everything so that I could give her that time.
Now between her job and my job and the million other things we have to do every day we really have to plan to do things together. It’s like date night with your child. Tonight was our date night. We have both been running in so many directions at once that we really only see each other first thing in the morning and last thing at night.
When I found out our schedules were going to allow for some Mommy daughter time I kicked it into high gear. I made both of us appointments to get our hair cut and eyebrows waxed. Not exactly time spent together but at the same time it was.
After our pampering at the salon, and we go to the beauty school for our hair and eyebrows, it’s very budget friendly, we went home for the parts of the beauty day we couldn’t afford to pay for. First we colored Hailey’s hair, she loves it really dark brown, almost black.
After that was done we tried a new pumpkin facial mask recipe I found online. Washing each other’s faces and applying the mask left plenty of time to talk. We sat on the deck and drank tea while our masks did their work then we rinsed our faces.
Finally it was manicure pedicure time. It was a lovely evening spent talking and just being with my favorite girl. I probably won’t see her for this length of time for a while again but every time I look at my pretty fingers and toes it will remind me of an evening spend with the one I love.