Back in pre Lyla days, Mom and I used to go to Ohio for the weekend. Then when we only had one car, Lyla and I used to go and stay at mom and dad's for the weekend. Now Lyla and I just stay home while Gary goes.
My daughter is a very complex little girl. I know that she does not like things sprung on her last minute. She needs time to mentally prepare and get ready. So I let her know a while back that Daddy was going away for the weekend and it was just going to be her and I and we were going to have a super fun Girls Weekend!!! I really built it up! But Lyla is a daddy's girl.
It started last week. She had herself so stressed out about Gary leaving that almost every evening she would end up in tears at some point saying she was going to miss Daddy. Then Friday morning came. The three of us left the house together. Lyla and I told Gary bye and I took her to daycare, like any other Friday. I knew she was upset when I dropped her off. But she was holding it together. Well halfway to work I got a phone call from daycare that she was in complete hysterics. She was just bawling her eyes out that she was going to miss her daddy.
They say it takes a village to raise a child. That is so true and we have a pretty amazing support system. Its a little different for us since we don't live where we grew up and have had to learn to depend on others that aren't family. But the ladies at daycare and her teachers at school just adore her and we all work together to take care of her. I gave her teacher a heads up that it was going to be a rough day. And she in turn made Lyla her "Special Helper" and that helped get her through the day.
When I picked her up Friday my main objective was keeping her happy and keeping myself calm for the weekend. We did a lot of shopping and eating out! We ate more junk than I care to admit!
We spent hours playing with her new Tsum Tsums....
Saturday we cut down most of my daffodils and brought them inside. Thank goodness because when we got up Sunday there was snow on the ground!
Becca came to play on Sunday and the girls decided to do my hair.... lol
Monday morning walking into daycare Lyla said she had a really fun girls weekend! I can't really ask for more than that! And we were both super excited to see Gary when we got home! Even if he is sick... ;)
