This past weekend Lance and I
took our first weekend away from Lucan, who is almost two years old (side note: when did this happen?) We’ve
been on money-saving mode and this was the first that we really felt like it
would be okay to have this getaway.
Going away for a weekend was
something that I was both looking forward to and something that I worried about
too. Would Lucan be sad when he realized we were gone? Would my parents be able
to keep up with our busy toddler? Would Lucan throw one of his notorious
tantrums? Would Lucan refuse to eat? Would we miss Lucan like crazy? All of my
concerns turned out to be silly. According to my parents, Lucan didn’t seem to
mind one bit that we were gone and only got upset when my mom took his cell
phone from him. (Lucan has one of my old cell phones that he loves playing
with. He tried to take it to bed with
him for nap time.) He ate like a horse (my mom got him his first Happy Meal from McDonalds - the toy is sitting on the counter. I had no idea what it was) and tried to convince my mom that he
needed two bananas for his bedtime
snack (he normally doesn’t get ANYTHING for a bedtime snack!) Yes, my parents
were tired by the end of the weekend, but overall my fears were unfounded. We
missed our ferocious Lucan hugs, but Lance and I had a great weekend by ourselves.
I think that it’s easy to get lost
in the role of being “mom” or “dad” and forget the couple you were before kids.
A weekend getaway to the Twin Cities gave Lance and I the chance to reconnect and remind us why
being “us” is so great. We didn’t do anything wild and crazy or go on some huge
global adventure. We slept in late, drank coffee, didn’t worry about nap times
or argue about whose turn it was to pick up Lucan’s mealtime mess. We talked in
long, uninterrupted streams of conversation. All in all, it was a perfect,
low-key, child-free weekend. And outlet shopping didn't hurt things either :)
1 comment:
Sounds lovely. Glad you had fun!
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