Spontaneous Family Dates

I got off the plane and thought about seeing my family and heading home as I started my Nursing job right as the plane landed.  I went down the escalator and as I looked up my daughter came running at me and yelled Mommy!!!  The other boys came from the side and they all embraced me with an incredible bear hug.  I was so happy to see them.  I gave Jim a super kiss and hug and we waited for our bags.  I was dealing with some phone calls from work but wanted to be fully present with my kids and hubby so I thought why not go to Dinner at Outback Steakhouse.  We jumped in the car and headed over to the Gulf Coast Town Center

I got a few calls from Nurses but I wanted to enjoy my family to the fullest and so it was amazing to sit with them and order off the menu together.  My Mom was with us and we all had laughter and great joy in being with each other.  The waitress came by and Mom and I were having fun looking at people and playing the category game of what kind of person they might be.  I looked at the waitress and Mom chose analyst and I chose promoter.  She laughed and said she was just about to promote the drinks on the menu and her shirt was full of pins that she promotes.  The kids laughed and Jim said you guys are nutty but had a good laugh with us too. 

Special times are here and now and I'm so thrilled with spending spontaneous time with my family.  I have to say tonight when we arrived home I got the most incredible hug from my oldest son Nathan.  He is 10 and usually it is just a quick hug but tonight was an attached hug and then Jake joined and then Lizzy joined and they said lets get Daddy to join us and Jim joined our HUGE family hug!!


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I am on a mission to complete my Personal Goal for Sam Camp 20 and to start in a place of excitment!!!  I jumped on my computer and Skyped my family from the hotel room.  I surprised them as I have been fully in Sam Camp this weekend and the family have been supportive in this.  I called and said lets Skype together.  My husband was all in and so clicked on our son's laptop and said he would call me.  Once he was on the video on my computer is was so amazing to see his beautiful face.  I said I love you and that it will be super to see him tomorrow.

My kids were playing a xbox game and said Hi to me but weren't much engaged in the beginning.  I waved my foot at them and continued to act silly and they started laughing at the foot but still were a bit distant.  They then at one point all left the room and I was the only one on skype looking into an empty room.  Jake & Liz came back and had their apples and we started smiling and laughing with each other.  I asked them about their day and they told me a few things about visiting Sports Authority and looking for sandals for Nathan.  Then the kids wanted to go to the living room and watch tv and so they took the little laptop into the Living Room.  They showed me Carly on TV and I asked them what was going on.

I then asked my oldest son who is Nathan?  What was Nathan?  He said he was a boy.  I then asked what kind of person is Nathan?  He said he didn't know. I then asked, if he did know who is Nathan?  He struggled with a word and then he said he is Happy.  I said that it was very nice to meet Happy Nathan.  My other son Jake yelled in the background, "Mommy, make sure you do that for me, Ask me all those questions!"  Jim said that tonight the kids would get me to put them to bed so via Skype I watched them brush their teeth and I virtually tucked them into bed.

They took me into the bathroom and Jake said it was his turn and than his sister Elizabeth stepped in.  She said, "Mommy, I love you and when are you going to come home!"  She also was being very silly and I asked her the same series of questions.  Who is Lizzie?  I'm friendly she said.  It didn't take her long to determine who she was.  She is 4 years old and loves to learn and make friends. So Friendly Lizzie she is!

Then Jake stepped in and was bouncing up and down in the bathroom.  I asked him, Who is Jake?  I'm a boy, he said.  I'm a middle height kid (he is the middle child)  I asked what is Jake?  He said I am Love. (He has never been to a Klemmer Course but he jumped right into the I am statement!)  Such a Lover my boy.  Sweet to the core and sensitive.  I would have to say out of all three kids he is the most emotionally connected.

So I helped name my kids tonight with an I am word of their choice.  It was an amazing time spent with them.  During each of their good night time in bed I asked them about their day, prayed and gave a virtual kiss and a hug. Jake was so cute, as I was smiling at him he started smiling and said he had decided that he was going to start showing his smile at school like I had suggested he do.   He told me the three things that he liked about his day and then he said, Mommy I have one more to add.  I said what is it Love Jake?  He said, It is this time you are having with me right now, that is my fourth favorite thing that has happened today!!!

Gotta say it, Spontaneous is an Awesome Feeling!!!!!