We get by with a little help from our friends
Though we've only been here for a year, we've met some really awesome people and made fast friends with other young professors' families. Most of these professors have wives who stay home or work part-time, and their extended families, like ours, live far away. Everyone is in pretty much the same situation, and I think that encourages us to look out for each other. When I mentioned at playgroup or in passing when my mommy-buds would call to chat that Dada is out of town, we would be flooded with invitations to see movies together or go to the pool or come over for playdates or you name it. While Dada is gone, our friends have erected a sturdy little support system to help me pass the time as painlessly as possible with my fussy bruisers. We are truly lucky to know these people. They are really just wonderful, and make life with crazy kiddos even more fun than it already is.
Meemaw and Pawpaw scooted out of town last night, so today we were on our own for the first of three more days until Dada gets home. When we mentioned as such to Ella's mom and dad yesterday at the pool, they insisted on feeding us tonight at their place. We were like totally there.
Isaac and Ella pushed each other on Ella's Nemo ride-on while Jacob showed off his sitting-up skillz. After a scrumptious dinner of grilled (not microwaved!) hot dogs, fruit, chips and salsa, and cupcakes, we all walked to a nearby park together. I gave Ella's daddy my camera so I could come home with some pictures, and he took his picture-taking duties very seriously.
The kids and the mommies:
Isaac and Ella demonstrate proper sliding technique:
Now everybody on the seesaw!
Thanks again, Ella's mommy and daddy! We had a great time. Such a great time, in fact, that my resident night owl Isaac, whom I usually have to nail to his bed at 9:30 to get him to sleep, crawled into bed himself at 8:45, pulling the covers up and repeating over and over, "I sleepy. Time for bed." I say 'repeating' because this never ever happens and I thought he was joking -- but he wasn't! If only his brother would have done the same.
Meemaw and Pawpaw scooted out of town last night, so today we were on our own for the first of three more days until Dada gets home. When we mentioned as such to Ella's mom and dad yesterday at the pool, they insisted on feeding us tonight at their place. We were like totally there.
Isaac and Ella pushed each other on Ella's Nemo ride-on while Jacob showed off his sitting-up skillz. After a scrumptious dinner of grilled (not microwaved!) hot dogs, fruit, chips and salsa, and cupcakes, we all walked to a nearby park together. I gave Ella's daddy my camera so I could come home with some pictures, and he took his picture-taking duties very seriously.
The kids and the mommies:
Isaac and Ella demonstrate proper sliding technique:
Now everybody on the seesaw!
Thanks again, Ella's mommy and daddy! We had a great time. Such a great time, in fact, that my resident night owl Isaac, whom I usually have to nail to his bed at 9:30 to get him to sleep, crawled into bed himself at 8:45, pulling the covers up and repeating over and over, "I sleepy. Time for bed." I say 'repeating' because this never ever happens and I thought he was joking -- but he wasn't! If only his brother would have done the same.
posted by Claire at 10:33 PM
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Aw, shucks. We had a great time, too! And, best of all, Ella slept past 7-- we had a luxurious Sunday morning thanks to all the fun playtime with the O'Neal clan.
You know, I never invite people over for some reason or another, but usually because I don't want to cook, and of course, I don't HAVE to cook, as grilled hot dogs and cupcakes soudns divine.
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