Now that school has begun, Griffin and I are back to our Mommy Days, our Mondays together, all by ourselves. It feels good to have some time to soak up my last little one. This is our last year together. Next year, he will be off to kindergarten. But for now, he is all mine.
Griffin was eager to get back to our days. He spent the last few weeks of summer counting down to his mommy day. I told him that for our first day together, he was completely in charge of our day. He quickly had it all planned out. We would play. We would read books. We would snuggle. We would watch Dino Dan together on the couch. And we would go to Panera for lunch.
The boy loves Panera.
Our first Monday, I decided to switch it up a bit and asked Griffin if he would like to start the day with a hike. We loaded up the dog and set off on some trails a few minutes from our house. We crossed bridges, walked among trees, saw streams and the big highlight, had an encounter with a snake.
(I didn't handle the snake part too well. Poor snake was just on the trail getting some sun and I had to go all bat-crazy on him, yelling, throwing sticks to get him to move. Not my finest hiker mom moment.)
After our hike, we dropped the dog off at home and went to Panera for lunch. I left Griffin pick out our seats. He picked a booth all the way to the back of the restaurant, away from the hustle and bustle. He ran up to the booth, but before he sat down, he asked me which side of the booth I was going to sit in. I pointed to a random side. He nodded his head, grinned and said, "Then I will sit there too because I want to sit right next to you."
He nestled into my side, snuggling against my arm in between bites of his ham sandwich. We hugged. We snuggled. We giggled and gabbed. It was the sweetest moment with my baby boy.
It feels good to have our Mondays back. I think it is going to break my heart a bit when our Mondays are gone for good.
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