My Mother's Day

How we spent it?

We had a great weekend, but I would say it was like any other weekend. Saturday we spent time at the dog adoption event and then went out to dinner with my parents and some of the family for Mother's Day. Sunday we relaxed around the house the whole day, hubby picked up my favorite pizza and in the evening we saw Iron Man 3 in the theater. Nothing different or special then a normal Sunday. Did you have a similar Sunday or did your family make it extra special for you?

But "Mother's Day" shouldn't just be one day of the year, it should be any day of the year. Wither you bring your Mom a Starbucks, pick her up some flowers at the farmers market, invite her for brunch, make a spa appointment for yourself. We should honor our Mother's(and Father's) everyday, not just once a year!

1 month away

We are all getting SO excited, only a month til we will be swimming in the Mediterranean Sea! Wow, can't believe it's coming so quickly.

We've been very busy getting all the details done and ready, not to mention trying to save as much money as we can. Trying not to be a procrastinator with my never ending to-do list. It looks a little like this;

Passports a bit of slackers on this one but we are now just waiting on my husbands renewal to come

Plane tickets & transportation the longest plane ride I've ever been on was 5 hours and I have a hard time sitting still so this will be a challenge but thank god we won't have any children with us. we are renting a car for the duration and i'm extremely scared to drive in Greece, please tell me it's not as bad as you read.

Babysitter

Time off work
Dentist/Doctor

Write a will are we the only parents that haven't done this yet? Don't really want to but needs to be done.

Clear memory cards working on this today, my phone had over 600 photos :( need to make room because I promise we will take a TON of pictures!

Hotel in Athens

Ferry schedule

Schedule Spa I need a lot of work done lol ;) but seriously I need a haircut, touch up my highlights, pedicure, and wax.

Still need to buy: European plug ins, sandals, travel security case, calling cards

And I'll leave you with some pictures, (mostly found on pinterest) that I love/want/see!!

I want to get a picture like this, we will actually be there a night where it is supposed to not only be a full moon but a super full moon. Praying it will be a clear night :)

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Love this hair, really thinking of cutting my bangs like this. I would just need to straighten my hair because I have a darn cowlick.

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Love this shoe color, don't love the price. I'm too cheap for $50 sandals lol.

Can't wait to try all the Greek food, never had octopus(love squid), I've had Greek pastries and LOVE them!! I'm sure I will gain like 10 lbs on our travel. 

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Make a summer community list.

I make list for everything, it just helps me get through my days and I stay on top of things, especially happenings in our community.

Every spring(around May) I spend a little time researching online and making a huge list of all the fun looking events happening this summer. That way we don't miss anything and don't fill up my planner with things we may or may not do.
It can be super simple to make, I usually just make it a note on my IPAD or Facebook. Nothing fancy...

(Just a sample)

June

2- Movie in the park Jefferson Park

10- Festival at the fair

July

4- 4th of July at the waterfront

7- Movie in the park Wright park

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August

1- Summer carnival at the park

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I will also write in the farmers market info(times, dates), any vacation bible schools/camps my child might be interested in, sprayground locations, the movie theater(I think Regal) usually does a cheap summer movies for kids, in our area they have a free subway lunch for kids write down those locations and have a picnic with friends. Don't forget to check out your surrounding cities, add some events that might be fun. 

Our favorite thing to do last summer was the movies in the park, go look if they are doing any in your area. If you like to stay busy this list will really help! So excited for summer!