Springtime in North Carolina

On the weekend I went with 2 friends to North Carolina to visit our friend Wendy who moved there just before Christmas. It is amazing what becomes a luxury to you as your life changes. For 2 1/2 days we were only accountable to ourselves. We did not need to worry about kids' schedules, we did not have to coordinate what we wanted to do with what would make the kids happiest & we got to spend time being...girls, not Moms. It was GREAT!!! Don't get me wrong, I love being a Mom more than anything. But to be able to step away for a few days with friends & just be a girl was fantastic. We talked, we shopped, we were tourists, we shopped, we ate, we drank, we shopped. It was wonderful.


Our trip there was not as smooth as we would have liked & ended up sitting in the Detroit airport for 4 hours because we missed our connector due to our flight being an hour late. Grrr! But when we arrived we were happy to find SPRING in Charlotte. Good bye heavy coats & snow! On Friday we were tourists and went to Biltmore Estates- the largest home in America- and wished that we had more time to spend. It was beautiful, but we had to rush through the end of the tour of the house because we had booked the wine & chocolate tasting session. We didn't want to be late for the wine!!!


On Saturday we shopped more than I think I have shopped in the last three years combined. It was incredible. By the end of the day, not so incredible in a good way. We realized that we had spent almost the whole day indoors when it was 20 degrees outside!!! We did sit outside for awhile at lunch while we were waiting for our table, but that was pretty much it. Oh, before we left we were outside for awhile watching Ellie ride her bike- but other than that? We were indoors. We got some really great stuff though! And the three of us heading back to Canada had a lot to show for our efforts.


Sunday we were up bright & early and Jason made us a wonderful waffle breakfast before we left. We had a few extra minutes that we did go for a miniature walk on the boardwalk near their home so that we could touch nature for a little bit before we headed back to the SNOW!

Of course in order to have this fantastic weekend away, I depended on my wonderful husband to 'single parent' for a weekend. I left Thursday afternoon & returned around supper on Sunday- so Brad had 2 full days of the kiddos to himself & I think they had a really good time. Before I left Sydney asked me if Daddy could go & me stay home, so I was happy to see that she had so much fun with her dad for the weekend.

Waiting four hours? Have some wine!

Thank you to our hosts for sharing their beautiful home. We will be back!