Brave

Ryan is away on young mens camp right now so I decided to take the time to take Paige on our first mummy-daughter date.  I`ve been planning it for months and I`ve been so excited.  I only told Paige about it a few hours before we went!  We left the youngest two with Grandma and we went to have dinner and a movie.  Where we had dinner was Paige`s choice (McDonalds) and what movie we saw was mine (Brave - you can`t go wrong with Pixar!).

We had a lovely dinner together, being silly and chit chatting and then we went to the movie theatre.  Ryan had tried to take her to see a movie last summer but it ended badly with Paige running out the exit door before the show had been on for five minutes, so I was crossing my fingers this time that now she was older she was more ready.  It was wonderful!  She sat really well and we laughed and giggled together, Paige asked a few questions but otherwise sat and was really engaged with what was on the screen.  I knew the movie was about a princess who wanted to change her fate (marriage) but other than that it was a surprise.  Well, I couldn`t have picked a better first mother-daughter date movie!  The whole movie was about the relationship the mother and daughter had and how they made it better.  By the end of the film I was trying to hold back the tears it was just so lovely.

That night grandma put Paige to bed and said prayers with her and she said `thank you for my mummy daughter date`.  I often worry that I don`t spend enough time having fun with Paige and it was lovely to go out with her just by ourselves to do something fun.  She is such a wonderful inquisitive little girl and it really was a great date.