Day 7: 31 Days of Being Present

Happy Sunday friends!! It’s been a very mellow weekend around here. Productive but also mellow. Lets see, what have I been up too? Well I have been crafting my buns off. Last year I hosted a vendor fair at my house. Well there were 4 of us. It was a lot of fun and people have asked if I am doing it again. I had thought not but now that I am coming up with some fun stuff for myself that people are actually putting in custom orders for, I figured, “hmmm — why not?”. So we shall see if I can now get the same amazing vendors that I had last year. This also means that this mama better get her craft on!!

Aside from crafting, I got to have some one on one time with my handsome littlest dude. His name is Mason and he’s 7. He’s super funny and a love bug. Big brother went to G&G’s for the weekend in Napa {yeah, poor kid}. Anyway, they wanted some one on one as that is so rare these days and daddy went to work so guess what? It’s just me and the moo {nicknames are a fun thing eh?}. I let him pick what we were going to do and he had ideas. We started our afternoon with a lunch date at Pete’s {garlic knots anyone?} and then we went to see Frankenweenie {yes, we both cried. Sheesh! Some date eh?} Of course we had to wander over to Target and pick up a few things. Flour and sugar for baking for mom and Lego’s for him. He’s got a serious Lego addiction. I think we might need an intervention soon!

Handsome kiddo

This was all yesterday. This morning started off with breakfast at IHOP {his choice} and then we hopped on over to JoAnn’s for some serious shopping. They have killer coupons right now so we took advantage. When I say ‘we’ I really mean me cause he could care less I had to do a little bribing to keep him smiling.

The morning was quickly behind us and then it was homeward bound. Now the afternoon has entailed a pedicure for me {DIY — saving some money over here}, putting away the summer clothes and pulling out the sweaters AND making that pile for Goodwill. Of course there has been a lot of Lego building but not by me, I am a bit Lego challenged. It’s embarrassing but true. I am totally uncreative when it comes to those fabulous bits of plastic. Oh well. We all have our talents, right? We were able to get in a good game of Sorry. It was so close. Down to the wire and then I got the 3 before he got a 3 and well, mommy won. It happens.

Now we are about to make some Snickerdoodles {again, his choice} and we have to go and deliver a Boo to a special someone. Shhhh!!

So how have I been present this weekend? I have spent some very special time with a very special little guy and you know what, you can’t get this time back! Thankfully he is still very much about his mommy and daddy and loves spending time with us. He told me last night that he will have a place big enough for his daddy and I to stay when he goes to college. He then completed that conversation with, “If you don’t come and see me at college, I will cry”. Yep, this boys is not afraid to show his soft side and I love it!!