A few weeks ago, Steve went to a football game out of town.  He  left early Saturday morning and didn’t get back home until about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday.  So, the girls and I had a girls’ day and night.  It was the day after Abigail’s first shaking episode. (I’ll give an update about that in another post; I was going to do that here, but it got too long).  So, I was a bit off-kilter that day, but being off-kilter wasn’t exactly an option since the girls were so excited about our plans for the day. 

We loaded up our bikes and checked out a new to us green-belt bike trail in Robertsdale.  It was awesome – I need to blog about it.  Then, we had lunch at GooRoos (it was yummy; the girls enjoyed it and the service was excellent).  We left there and made a stop by Target to pick up some new pajamas for the girls.  They ended up with pajamas and the fuzzy slippers above and Abigail got a new fuzzy robe.  We needed a cucumber but that Target didn’t sell produce so we went to Wal-Mart and bought a cucumber and a Neutrogena face mask.  Everything was set for our first ever spa night.

I’d been planning this little spa night for the girls for a while.  During the summer, I picked up travel sets of some fun Bath & Body Works scents and some Lavender milk bath and lotion; at Claire’s I got some rainbow nail polish; at the Children’s Museum of Memphis I found two gaudy plastic rings; at a party store I found plastic champagne flutes.  I was ready!

The girls put on their robes and slippers and waited in the “waiting room” while I gathered everything together.  Abigail said that in spa waiting rooms, ladies “always read the mazagines!” so she found a paper and settled in.  (how she know this I don’t know since I’ve been to a spa one time in my life and she wasn’t born yet…I am an alien from another planet – I don’t like going to spas.)  I poured them Sprite in the Champagne flutes and gave them their gaudy rings.  They walked around like they were at the most expensive resort in the universe.

Then, I painted their fingernails and toenails with the rainbow colors.

Next, it was time for their facials.  This was fun!  The cucumbers were far too big for Abigail’s orbits, though!

For some reason, Gracie though she couldn’t move her mouth once the mask was on, so there was no smile from her!

Next up was their milk bath.  They talked about this for days…”Daddy!  Can you believe we got to take a MILK bath?”

We  played some soft Chinese music (Gracie says Chinese music is very relaxing and perfect for a spa).  I gave them massages with the lavender lotion, complete with “karate chops” (where you pound on your massage subject’s back and legs).  Finally, they put on their new pajamas and settled down on pallets on the living room floor.  I’d like to tell you that they drifted quickly off to sleep.  The truth is, they were so excited about how much fun they had that they watched a movie and both of them were still awake at midnight!  I think at least part of that was missing their daddy, but I’m glad they enjoyed our night so much!