Mii, Mauri, and an American Dream

Yesterday was a "Mom and Me" day.  Mauri had it all planned out.  What we would do.  Where we would go.  Together.  She had been talking about it for weeks.

I was all for it.  I could totally use a day to justify shopping, eating, and lounging around, all for the sake of close family bonds and quality relationship development time.  Not to mention, I could use a break from my daily mom busy-ness.

We started the day with a hour or two of Wii Play.  I rather enjoyed myself.

Then we headed out to shop:  for a purse (Mar needed a bigger one for all her stuff) and an Easter dress.

We perused PetsMart, checking out critters of all sorts before making a treat purchase for Buddy and Tweety.

We ate at Mt. Fuji.  Japanese soda.  California maki.  Cream cheese wontons.  Teriyaki and tempura.  (We had enough leftovers for an after-school snack for Shi, late-afternoon snack for mii, and dinner for Bill.  Nice.)

After a satisfying lunch, we moseyed over to Target to leisurely browse, leaving with a new pony for Mar's AmGirl doll, and Tangled.

We nabbed Shi after school, watched our new show, then I accompanied Mar to her piano lesson.

To top the day off, after sending the older girls on their way to various activities, Mar and I watched Hairspray, cuddled up together on the sofa in the dark.  Just like the old days.  The pre-school days that Mar longs to get back, if only for a moment.

The day was a dream.  (If you minus the rigamarole that went on in the minutia in between.)  I could use more of those.