Girls Trip = Dads Weekend

After our last trip to Trades Days in Canton, my girlfriends and I vowed to do it again as soon as we could. "Soon" turned out to be an entire year and a half later, ha! It was worth the long wait, though. We spent 2 entire days shopping and came back with a full load of goodies but much lighter wallets.

Julie, Michelle, and I ready to tackle our first day of junkin' in Canton.

Julie put together this cute collage photo on Facebook. This trip, we stayed at a different place that has dozens of cute little rented cabins. It was right across the street from our favorite Canton shopping so it worked out great.

Back before we visited Canton the first time, I once asked someone what types of things we'd be able to find/buy there. Her answer: "Everything!" So true!! We had a full carload after our 2 days of shopping, but we were kind of disappointing in ourselves that we left room to spare, HA!

Finally, during one of our caffeine runs to the gas station, we tried our luck at scratch-offs. Guess who won $5? Woohoo! (hahaha)

Back when we planned our girls' trip to Canton, I made sure to schedule Jeff for Daddy Duty that weekend while I was away. Several weeks in advance, he started talking to the kids about how much fun they were going to have on Dad's Weekend. Donuts for breakfast, tents in the gameroom, trips to Chuck E. Cheese and Cici's Pizza, and even a swim at the neighborhood pool...what's not to love about Dad's Weekend?? Needless to say, the kids weren't sad to see me go AT ALL!

Kaitlynn and her "sweet Daddy" had a tea party while Connor was in school.

They had the entire neighborhood pool to themselves.

Donuts with Dad on Friday before school.

Another visit to the pool.

Hanging out with Kaitlynn on the porch.

He painted her fingernails so she painted his big toenail. He wore it proudly for weeks!



A visit to Chuck E. Cheese.

My kids are already asking (begging) for another Dad's Weekend. I think I could get used to this! ;-)