-- Daddy Love.
I'm home with the kids all week, but time with Daddy has a more special, magical quality to it. For one thing, when Daddy's home, we have a one-on-one ratio again. That means that Eli and Daddy can build huge block men and not worry that Keira will knock them over (since she's being entertained by Mommy).
It also means that Eli can go for a bike ride on his Diego bike as fast as he wants since Daddy doesn't have a baby strapped to him.
Not only do both children get more attention when Daddy's home, but as I stated before, magical things happen with Daddy around. Bathtime fish toys turn into "bubbly fish", start talking and jump into the bubbles in Daddy's presence.
Not only do plastic fish talk and jump, but car windows behave magically around Daddy, as well. This fall, suddenly the car windows in the Alero responded to voice commands for lock, roll down and roll up. It had Eli in stitches. Then, one magical Sunday, Eli's radio (child friendly MP3 player) started talking in a tired old-man's grovelly voice. Eli still talks about it, even though the radio only talks on Sunday drives on the golf cart which the weather has now made near impossible.
-- Day Long Golf Cart Rides. Speaking of golf cart rides, that was one of our favorite things to do on the weekend during our beautiful fall weather. We would pack the kids up (sometimes bundle them up) and head out to the park of our choice on the golf cart. We would end up hitting about three to four parks throughout the day. Sometimes, we would eat lunch and nap on the golf cart and sometimes we would head home. Often, we'd only head home if the golf cart charge demanded it. It was an awesome way to spend a weekend day. And, it's one of the things I think I'll miss since leaving Peachtree City. Although, I have a feeling we may do day long golf cart rides to downtown Senoia and the park, instead this spring.
-- Week Day Fun. Of course we love having Daddy around, but the kids and I did okay during the weeks by ourselves, too. With the gorgeous fall weather and no mosquitoes (!) we spent a lot of time in our backyard. Both kids spent a good bit of their time in the sandbox.
They also like playing in the rocks, throwing balls or frisbees, riding in the Cozy Coupe, playing croquet...
Or, just eating --
Speaking of eating, Keira continues to move in the right direction, although some days are faster than others. Her favorite still seems to be spaghetti. She requests it at least once a day and is perfectly content with cold sauce straight from the jar.
But, her highchair was also a great place to learn to color on paper, or her tray or her face (!) with markers.
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