All Aboard!

Spent a nice little afternoon with my girl with some lunch at the mall and then a little train ride. It was a beautiful day to hang out and have a little low key fun time together.

Mommy guilt trip

Boy, does baby girl nkow how to lay on a guilt trip. The other night, Daddy and I went on a little date. I told Baby Bear that we were going to dinner and she says, "You're going to dinner without me?" She was so upset and proceeded to tell me, "But I miss you soooo much." We had just spent every waking moment together the entire weekend. There was only 1 hour that I was gone and out of her sight when I went to the gym on Saturday morning. We started to leave and she put on the tears and repeated how much she was going to miss me. It was sad, but at the same time I knew she was being manipulative. I did feel so guilty, the guilt I feel for being a working mother.

I think I do a decent job of manaing my work-family commitments. There are definitely times when I wish I could do more with her, for example. I wish I could do another session of swim lessons like I had planned. We did one full 2 week session and took the afternoons off for 2 weeks to take her to swim lessons and have mommy-daughter time. I had planned to sign her up for another session of swim lessons, but could not make it work out for a second 2 week session. It shouldn't be a big deal because she did get to take lessons, but I feel bad and guilty about it.

From her last day of swim lessons last month.



Jumping off the diving board.



Baby Bear loved having swim lessons with her instructor Michael.



Little 3 years olds can be so challenging and so smart. She sure knows how to put on the tears and make me feel bad. She will pout and get so angry when she doesn't get her way. At the same time that she is making me feel guilty, I am pretty impressed with her intelligence and how smart she is to work so hard to get what she wants. The things she will say and do to get her way is very creative. God help me!

mani and pedi

A couple of weeks ago, I took Baby Bear to get her first professional mani and pedi. Mostly, it was an excuse so that I could get a pedicure. It sure is nice to be able to get my pedicures and it is a lot of fun doing it with my sweet girl. She was so good and was so careful with her nails.









The fun thing about having a girl, is getting to do mother-daughter things like this with her. I am sure this is the first of many.

Quality time

I am a bit behind in my blogging. Last week, I took some time off to spend some quality time with Baby Bear. We went to lunch in Claremont and had a nice time with just the two of us. She played in the fountain, while I had the opportunity to just sit and relax. It was great.







Drying herself off in the sun.

First pedicure

Sunday, Baby Bear saw me giving myself a quick pedicure. So of course, she wanted one herself. So I gave her a quick little pedicure as well.

It is so funny, that once her toes were painted, she walked around funny. I guess it is just the way you walk after you've had a pedicure, you don't need to be taught to walk that way. You just do (I didn't even give her a manicure, but she was walking around with her hands like that too).

 

I think she may be hooked. She absolutely loves her little painted toes. She was so proud, that she couldn't wait to show daddy her pretty toes.