When I returned from a two-day absence, our family had one Sunday together before Chris left for seven days. I took almost no pictures during his absence because I was busy living life--there's a shocker!
I found I held things together really nicely, actually, mostly because I carefully stuck to our routine and didn't go on many adventures--and I let the children watch only three television shows the whole time! Our week was filled with:
doing a short bit of school each morning,
playing in the back yard often,
attending Latin choir practice,
and going out to lunch with friends afterwards at a fabulous newly discovered restaurant,
splashing in our kiddie pool,
accepting an invitation to swim at a friends' home,
enjoying many Mama read-alouds indoors during the oppressively hot afternoons,
running around squirting each other with their very first water guns ever,
praying our evening Rosary while walking around the neighborhood
for a change of pace (pardon the pun),
spending an afternoon cleaning the house top-to-bottom for Daddy's return, and
and giving as a treat for the children's cheerful work a dinner out at a pizza joint.
Grown-up Mama got to enjoy staying up (too) late reading a novel or doing home school lesson planning (which is fun for me) and leaving the children with a babysitter while attending a friend's baby shower. I survived Sunday Mass alone with four little ones by reaching out to a lovely and gracious teenager at my parish who agreed to sit with my older children while I kept the two smallest in the cry room.
We are glad to have Chris home again!
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| Even in this blurry photo, one can see the delighted grins on the faces of three children being held by Daddy, who had just walked in the door. Shrieks of joy echoed off the walls! |
IMPRESSIVE!!!! VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!!!!
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