Girls Just Want to Have Fun

G-I-R-L-S. Me with my girl.......What would I do without her?! She allows me to enjoy frills and femininity. I get to dress her up, we paint our nails together, have tea parties (admittedly, the boys like to join us for these) and rock her babies to sleep. With all of the male bonding going on at our house lately, the father's and son's outing and Grant's date with dad, I feel compelled to showcase the female members of our family. We may be outnumbered, but we make our presence known! Peyton and I went on a date two weeks ago on a Saturday evening and had a really fun time together. I haven't had many opportunities to be alone with my little girl and this was a much needed escape. Mark and I are attempting to give each of our children a date alone with mom or dad once a month. Peyton was first and now Grant has had a turn. Peyton and I went shopping for our date and she chose a dress for church (shown in the pictures) and some flip flops that she now wears with everything she owns. They are bright red with cherries on them (matching the aforementioned dress). They are her first pair of flip flops and also her new favorite shoes. We had a great time driving around with the windows down (at her request), chatting while the wind whipped through the car. We also ate dinner together. She chose the food and we both enjoyed a treat afterwards. What is a date without some sort of sweets? She finished off every last bite....yep, she is my kind of girl!
During the father's and son's outing, Peyton and I played together again. Benjamin joined us this time, but the most memorable part of the evening happened after Benjamin had gone to bed and Peyton and I cuddled up in my bed and read stories. Peyton was excited to have a sleepover with mommy. I woke up a few times in the night because I had feet in my face or bony elbows pressing into my back, but it was fun to cuddle with Peyton. Our sleepover was cut short when Daddy burst into the house at 4 o'clock in the morning, announcing himself so that I wouldn't be scared to death. My getting out of bed, to help bring all of our little campers into the house and into bed, awakened Peyton and she good naturedly allowed me to guide her back to her own bed so Daddy could take her place. In the morning she kept telling the boys she was glad they were home. I was too, but there is nothing like a girl's night out (or in). I can hardly wait for our next date. Peyton has so much to teach me.