him and me

Two and half years ago,

my beautiful boy was born.

In that moment he surpassed two very special males who had gone before him

- his daddy and his Pops -

and he became my number one man.

He stole my heart,

he made me a mama,

and changed me forever.

And as he grows he slowly but surely becomes my little friend.

I can't even explain how much I love spending time with that little guy.

He makes me laugh,

he makes me smile,

and I feel prouder than proud when I get to walk around holding his hand.

Before we even had children, 

the hubby and I said that we wanted to have "dates" with our babies.

One-to-one time to just enjoy each others' company.

Kids love that kind of undivided attention

and the opportunity to feel grown up.

I still remember the days I got to spend with my own daddy

going into his work with him and feeling so grown up.

And the days I spent going to the shops with my mum

without my little brother,

and I would feel like her friend as we laughed together.

This weekend

I finally got to take my best boy on our first mother-son date.

To say I was excited before hand was an understatement;

I couldn't wait.

And as we drove off in the car

and he repeatedly said

"just me and mummy going on an adventure"

I got the feeling he was pretty excited too.

We went to the cinema

and as we entered the foyer and his eyes lit up

I knew I was going to be in for as much of a treat as him.

The huge foyer with loads of televisions actually made him squeal.

He didn't know where to look

and as we queued to collect our tickets,

I wondered whether I should have just brought him to come and sit in the foyer instead.

Tickets collected,

we headed for the food counter

and we ordered a bag of popcorn to share.

The smallest bag they sold,

but nearly as big as my little man's body.

He was proud as punch carrying his bag of popcorn.

And just as proud again when I told him to hand his ticket to the man on the door

and we made our way through to the screens.

He excitedly looked for screen three

and we went into the dim cinema

and found two seats.

In a little row all of our own.

He excitedly nibbled on his popcorn

and talked about how dark it was

and all the other people he could see in the cinema.

I genuinely think that at this point

he thought that this was what he had come for,

so when I tried to explain that the big white rectangle in front of us was actually a big television

he sort of brushed it off.

And then the screen came to life,

the lights dimmed,

his face lit up,

he said "Wow"

and he reached over to hold me hand.

...I think my heart melted.

We had an amazing time.

He sat so brilliantly through the film.

We had a little fidgetty patch about an hour in,

but a quick walk to the toilet and he was desperate to get back and watch the rest.

In fact he loved it so much

that as the credits rolled and the auditorium emptied,

he stayed staring at the screen transfixed.

And I happily sat until every last word had scrolled past,

enjoying every last second of some special time with my little man.

We had the best time.

We played chase outside the cinema,

practised jumping on our way back to the car,

and chatted and giggled the whole way home.

Our mother-son date was everything I hoped it would be

and I can't wait to take him on more.

I'm already planning the different things we can do as he grows older.

Only a month to wait until we get to go again...

The lovely Lauren at Real Housewife of Suffolk County

has done some lovely dates with her biggest little man.

She gave me the kick to finally take my little man on one.

Thanks lovely. x