Missed her brother!

It didn't take me much to wake K up this morning. All I had to do was turn on her light & go into her brother's room to wake him. Once she heard me talking to someone else, she realized that Bubs was home & she jumped out of bed! She got down beside his bed and rubbed his back for him to wake up. She said the cutest things. I wished I could have captured the moments on film, but I'm sure it would have been all over by the time I returned. "Bubs I missed you so much. I am so happy to have you home." In the car on the way to school she reminded him that she "missed him more than ANYTHING." Very sweet.

Amazing what a week away does to a 4 year old. He actually looks bigger to me!

Bubs coming home!

I can't wait until my little boy comes home. Its been weird having 1 child for the past week. It has definitely been a lot quieter around the house. Tonight is the night. I told K that I was excited for tonight, because Bubs would be home. She said she's excited too, for another reason...Grandma said she bought her a doll, with a purse! Just what she asked for. She can't wait, she loves her dolls! The week went buy without any tears of missing daddy or brother! We survived. I wonder how hard it will be to get Bubs back into the swing of things at home...

Vacation

I should just sum it up that last Wednesday, Bubs & Daddy went to Hawaii. Yes, a hard and difficult decision to stay home. Keep K in school & not take her out. It wasn't really an option though for all of us to go.

Pat was scheduled for vacation last week and coincidentally his parents were headed to Hawaii for their semi-annual trip. K has been twice (although already too young too remember) but bubs has never been. 2 weeks ago the plan came about. They changed flights and added Pat & Bubs to their itinerary. We really couldn't impose our entire family of 4 on their vacation. That involved changing/adding hotel rooms & bigger rental cars. Last Wed - off they went without us. And here we stayed in the now rainy California!

I promised K the world. Whatever she wanted to do! The week with just one other responsibility was also a vacation for me. I forget how much easier it is to get one child up & out of the house for school. We definitely bonded. I even let K sleep in bed with me - like we were sharing a hotel bed. She thought that was great. Wednesday night we finished all our homework so Thursday we could go to dinner at her choice - McDonalds, come home put on PJ's and cuddle on the couch watching the Disney channel. Friday we did more of that after an evening of playing games at Chuck E Cheese. Saturday we went to Aunt Bean's farm in Stockton and got a tour of all the animals. She absolutely loved collecting the chicken eggs, washing them, & putting them in their cartons. She was the center my attention all weekend! Sunday she picked out "Bedtime Stories" at the movie theater and so we saw that, went to the library to get more books, and came home to paint a music box. I'm exhausted! I think all this has now caught up with us & we are tired.

Daddy came home last night. Now the kicker - Bubs is still in Hawaii. Grandma & Grandpa have him until they return on Wed. What a vacation! I miss my little guy. Hope he enjoys his trip - and remembers it! The rest of February is busy as well. Hope I get in some more time to write!