written 2 weeks ago...sorry no time to edit!
Up until about 2 yrs
ago we used to so cherish the two weeks of summer all three kids were away at
camp . Every year for maybe 10 yrs we had a week where we worked like crazy in
day but morning and evenings to ourselves . Then always 6 days of vacation at
the cottage alone together before 2 weeks of vacation as a family
Times have changed !
Now we have 1 week with 2 kids , 2 weeks with one kid and 36 hrs max with the
third as family vacation .
And these five days
alone that we have on vacation starting last night with a romantic 21 marriage
anniversary dinner ? We spent in the best way possible - with our son Chase who
came down from Bromont . Was so incredibly nice and fun and not rushed .
Then Hubby and I left
for cottage and arrived at 1am . We got a surprise text in morning and Chase
said was coming for day to use seedoo and hang out ! Yahoo ! Boated and seedoed
all day on the lake and swam in the hot and gorgeous weather . Took a long nap all
three in the sun on the boat and woke up and snuggled .
Made the little
prince his two fave meals since he has been deprived for 4 weeks now where he
works .
After he was planning
to leave but decided to stay and sleep here and leave at 8:00am the next
morning and drive 4 hrs to his job .
We ate and did our
tradition of leaving the dishes out and a mess until later on saturdays and
moved to his fave couch. As usual we chatted and laughed and massaged him ( me
his feet and hubby hands and back)
Was truly the best
day and there is nobody in the world we prefer to hang out with than any of our
three kids
Quality over quantity
is working for us around here quite well
Will be interesting
to all be back under the same roof come later august after both boys have had
completely independent summers away working.
Beauty away for 2
weeks now but has also been incredibly wonderful to be alone with her so often
just the three of us . She is maturing so much and with that getting so so so
much closer and connected. It is the thing i feel most grateful for many days
of the week
This weekend felt
like on of the first times where one of our kids came to the cottage out of
pure joy vs being expected to. He got here and ran to the water . He slept in
the sun . The next morning got up 15 mins early to go out on seedoo for a last
ride .
The tickles on the
couch, the special meals and spending no tech moments together , falling asleep
on the couch .
Chase has the cottage
bug like his mom and dad have always have .
Its what we had
always hoped ... and he caught it !
Was a fabulous
spontaneous and unexpected weekend of letting go and letting in .
Of sharing a weekend
and time with an adult child ( did i say that ??? )
Other moments to
remember :
Nic
Getting Beauty at
camp
Seeing Bear as a
lifeguard at camp
Kayak and biking with
my new electric bike !
Lazy days
Dancing latin with
kids
Kids finally finally
doing what i have always wanted
them to do ( cook ,
waterski , want to be in boat, clean up instinctively after themselves )
