Girls Days

When the workbook asked me who I wanted to spend more time with this year, my answer was easy: The girls in my family!
I am so lucky to have two beautiful sisters and a mum that all live close by. My sisters and I have five kids between us, jobs, husbands, commitments and enough white noise to drown out inner thoughts for all of time.
Yet once it was written down, I knew I could cut through the teething babies and school parties and make it happen.
So we started scheduling in Girl's Days. We carve out time on Sundays with only one rule: No husbands or kids allowed. Oh, and if it involves alcohol, then you get bonus points.


Dandenong Cultural Tour, Beadil jewellery making workshop and Peninsula Hot Springs.
 

Usually someone can't make it-a kid will spew minutes before it's time to leave or one of us will go down with a lurgy (we had to break the rules when mum had the flu and have dad along instead) -but we've had a couple of times when all four of us get there and it's always gorgeous and we always have lots of fun.

What I love about it the most is spending time with my mum. Mum has a bit of dementia so I guess all three of us are feeling the squeeze of narrowing time. She's honestly really cute and loves our days so much. That alone is incentive to keep organising them!

This month, one of my sister's is in France and my parents are in South East Asia so my eldest sister and I are going together to a weaving workshop. I am so excited about it!

Weaving workshop ideas, getting a bit smashed at High Tea at the Windsor, an event in the city that I've forgotten the name of (but I remember they had ice-cream in tins!) and a birthday lunch in the city.