Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Daddy on the Airplane

I was up at 4 am this morning to make it down to Dutch Brothers Coffee by 5 to kick off a promotion for our American Cancer Society "Relay for Life". I haven't been up and out of the house that early in a long time!! But I was home by 6:30, just in time for the kids to start waking up. Luckily, James was home in the morning, so I didn't have to find a sitter for that early!

Later, James flew out of Spokane to NY for his 20-year high school reunion. It's the first time he's been gone for more than a night or two - he'll be gone for almost a week. We all drove out to the airport together so the kids could see him off and watch the planes fly. Unfortunately, as soon as we watched a plane take off and say good-bye to Daddy, Daniel lost it. He cried all the way home from the airport, wanting Daddy. Poor little guy - he really is a Daddy's boy. We came home, ate lunch and took naps, and then got ready to go swimming with some friends from MOMS Club at the Dart-Lo Pool. Unfortunately, when we got there, the toddler pool was closed due to chlorine issues, and the big pool didn't allow floatie toys for the little ones to be in. So we had to leave, which made Daniel break down again. And then we got home, and I couldn't make the air compressor work to blow up the kids' pool. So after dinner, we went to church, and the kids played in the nursery/preschool while I got to take my much-needed class, and then home to bed at around 9:30. And now, it's time for me to crash. Hopefully the kids will sleep through the night and sleep in. One can alway hope!

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