TGIF

I love Friday!  Friday has a feeling of "anything is possible".  It is the end of the week that leads into lots of family time, hanging out with friends and just general relaxation.  Chillaxin' time as Dad says.

I have been volunteering at a seniors residence and my regular day is Friday. We get together and give manicures to the resident ladies.  Sometimes we have 8 or so ladies come down, but today we had only 4.  I love working on these hands...they are beautiful.  And I find myself wondering about these hands, these ladies, these lives.  They probably have some wonderful stories to tell and I look forward to hearing them.  How these ladies look forward to our manicure days (me too).

When I was a kid, my friend Lisa and I had our own beauty salon at the back of nana's house.  We would charge a quarter for various services: hair brushing, curlers (back when curlers were prickly and you had to use a pin to keep them in), and of course, makeup.  This was our favourite thing!  Nana would come into our salon, pay her quarter and sit down on.  She would always smile and say how much she liked having her hair done.  And, on days when we did her makeup, she loved that too!   Sometimes we'd get other clients - like Lisa's big brother or the neighborhood kids, but the only repeat customer we had was nana!  LOL!

I also volunteer at my kids school for hot lunch Friday.  If I think I'll be in my son's grade 1 class, I bring a game along with me.  This usually keeps the kids occupied for the 15 or so minutes between eating and going out for lunch recess.  Most of these games are just made up...they love it!  And I love it too!  Today when I went into Ben's class and said "Hi everyone", Ben called out " Mommmmmmmy!"  That is something that I will remember.  Nothing like having your mom come into your school to help out...that is, unless you're in grade 6 or up!  Then it's "oh gross, my mommmmm is here"!  LOL!

Funny how your kids perception of you changes over the years.   The benefit of being on the parent side is that you know eventually they will come to see how wise we parents really are.  

And, Auntie Jan, Happy Birthday to you!  I'm sending you a big hug!  Love you!

Keep smiling!