Friday I was off from work to hang with my girls. They wouldn’t commit to any plans so we stayed home for the most part. Samantha rose to the challenge of grocery shopping by herself, even though I met her at checkout to pay. We wandered to a garage sale and each kid spent $5 of their own money on a toy. They were so thrilled, I’m going to ask Lindsay to take them on Thursday. We then stopped by for a quick visit to my Uncle Larry’s house which was nice, though the girls weren’t into it for too long.
Saturday we took Ely for a stroll and laid low until heading to a friend’s house Saturday night. The kids enjoyed each other and loved the trampoline. The dads managed the food and the moms talked kids and decorating. We are all works in progress.
Sunday I took the girls swimming so Daddy could get the lawn mowed. They ran into friend’s and kept each other entertained for 3 hours before I was the party pooper and said we had to go home. We had friends coming to meet Ely and accompany us to a local art park for Irish music and dance. We ate, Sam and I danced (because you only regret the opportunities you don’t take), the kids had fun and the dads were on their own.
Miscellaneous notes…
I’ve been having discussions with Sofia about staying in bed until she feels happy and how it’s better to start the day with a smile than whining for TV, especially since that ensures there won’t be any TV. It’s been going well to have her read books to earn TV too. Trying to teach to daughter’s emotional control when I’m struggling with the same thing has proven humbling and difficult… we are all working for more of an easy-going attitude!
I need to make the time/the stars need to align so I can start teaching Samantha more about the Internet and actually get them playing some games. Since I work in IT, I don’t want to be on the computer at all at night, but I don’t want my girls to be lacking because I didn’t get around to it. Life is about choices, but you still need to do things you may not want to, right?
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