Our family started it's first annual overnight trip with mother/daughter. Soon Paul will do this once a year with Lincoln. So we decided to let Mia go first.....since she is the poor middle child and life seems so "unfair to her", in her dear little words.On Spring Break we surprised her with a hotel trip away for one night. She took forever to pack her bags as she shoved everything from baby clothes, beads, bows, books, blankies, babies, more babies, baithing suit, and more babies. She took up an entire suitcase and had a carry-on bag. I squeezed what little I could in with her cool things. To say that she was excited is a definite understatement. I didn't tell her until a day before. We left the house around 3 and checked in at a local, affordable hotel. She wanted to build a penguin at Build A Bear, so headed there, walked around the outside mall, played at park , grabbed Chick-fil-a and took it back to hotel. Played in the pool and snatched more cookies from the check-in clerk at the hotel and layed around in our pjs all evening. We watched t.v. together, read books and conversed. That time was special, for both of us and looking forward to doing this annually with each daughter. So thankful for reading Raising a Trailblazer by Dr Virginia Friesen and reading Spiritual Parenting. Both books inspired me to do such a thing as this! Bonding..............so worth it! You don't have to go away to a hotel to bond with your daughter but this was fun and extra special. Of course the nightly snuggles and tuck-ins before bed are just as vital too!
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