Day 3 has been a lot more chill. I sort of ran out of activities to do. This morning we got a car wash, which Ruth loved, Will hated and Claire slept through. Then we went to vacuum a pregnant gal's house (which was the only house work I've done since Brad left). The kids had fun playing for a few minutes while I helped her out. Then we went to the store and spent more money that I wanted on fancy food for Brad's homecoming meal tomorrow afternoon. After putting the groceries away we had lunch at the park and played for a while. We haven't been to lunch at the park very many times this summer so this was a treat for the kids.
After lunch we had a photo-shoot (the above pictures), made some cookies (store bought dough, I'm not doing any more dishes than absolutely necessary), then had quiet time. I watched Biggest Loser season 8 (this is an amazing season, really connecting with Abby the gal who lost her two kids and husband in a car crash), and the kids slept. Ruth only spends an hour to an hour and a half in her room, then she gets special mommy time. This is what she did:
I love my sleeping babies. Probably because they don't require anything of me. They aren't screaming, crying, or whining about anything. Just peaceful and sweet.
Not that my kids aren't ever sweet, but peaceful is not how I would currently describe our family life. My kids are sweet and kind, but quiet peaceful moments really only occur when they are sleeping. We are a busy, active, loud family so I truly cherish quiet time when we all get a break to relax.
We will spend the rest of the day, when Will finally wakes up, watching Toy Story 3 and Madagascar, maybe going to the library and eating chicken nuggets and more popcorn and candy. I hope that next week my kids realize that all this movie watching was only because daddy was gone and not the new norm!
