2 more days...

It's Monday morning: Jessie and the kids have been gone 3 days already. It's hard to believe.  I miss them terribly. It's been strange not having them here, when they should be here.  This has been a good test run too, on how things will run when they are in school everyday. 

I haven't done to much out of the normal, but I think Cyril has liked the fact that everytime Gordon has laid down, or if Nana is here holding Gordon, then that's more time I get to spend with him. My little mommy's helper has even returned. All last year, everytime I was cleaning something he wanted to help. Since sometime in April or May - he stopped wanting to do it as much, if at all. And I think we will have to go to the library this week, whether or not the older two are with. We've read thru all the books we checked out.  Cyril is loving that he gets story time, whenever he wants this week. lol.  We have had some interesting days too.  The 1st day they were gone, the  little boys were crabby, we missed a playdate, I lost my cell phone, we had severe weather that included 3 tornado warnings, 1 of which resulted in our seirns going off, or so I'm told. The little boys and I fell asleep, we slept thru the whole thing. Good thing, nothing touched down in town.

The quiet has been really strange for me to get used too. I thought I would love having all of that quiet, but to my surprise I've discovered that I don't.  I love the sound of children laughing. I miss the sound of the kids talking, pestering me with questions, tattling on each other, and etc.  Granted when I'm in the heart of it - it drives me insane on many, many days...but thru this trip I've realized how much those sounds mean to me.

Jessie has been checking in almost everyday. The kids are going to have some interesting stories to tell when they get back. Some are funny (even though Dawn will not think so right now.) and some are just interesting I guess you could say.  Who knew- they would enjoy playing with the walkie talkies so much.  They found a dead snake while they were biking around the campgrounds. Dawn lost a sandal in the lake because she freaked out thinking she had a leech on her. No wonder they didn't get any fish that time....wonder if anyone else did on the lake with how loud she screamed. lol.  Then they go back to the campsite, because she needed her tennis shoes, only to discover they were in the truck with them the whole time. Did I mention the camp site was 30 miles away??? Jessie didn't find it so humorous at the time that he told me, but I think it's funny.

Wonder what interesting adventures they will experience between now and the time they come home?

God Bless~

1st Camping trip

Well - it's 8am in the morning and I'm not sure what to do with myself. lol.  The little boys are sleeping. Jessie, the  older kids and my brother in law Kenny, left this morning for a 5 day/4 night camping trip.  This is the kids 1st big camping/fishing trip.  We decided that the little boys shouldn't go because Gordon is too small, and that the older kids need this trip with just dad. No younger siblings. 

I'm so nervous about it, because it is their 1st big camping trip, not sure how the kids will handle not having any modern day technology. lol. No TV, no video games, and no computer. lol.  Plus the last time Jessie took Spencer fishing, he didn't have a good experience. It was ice fishing and his foot fell in the hole. He swore off all fishing forever. lol.  But this week, he had been getting more and more excited about going so we'll see. I just hope he has really good days, and none of his bad days like he's been having lately.  Dawn has been like a typical teenager. One moment she wants to go, and the next she's too "cool" to be going.  Plus lately she has been having gluten attacks.  At least a couple times a week she's been sick, so I'm starting to wonder what's triggering the gluten attacks.  I just hope she doesn't have any while she is up there. That would make for a miserable trip. I packed a bunch of gluten free foods, but we'll see. You know how kids can be when you restrict them from foods they love.

They've only been gone 2 hours but I miss them terribly. lol.  It will be a nice break for me, especially with the challenges Spencer has been giving me lately, I guess in a way it's respite care for me. Cyril was just sad at the though this week of not being able to go on the camping trip with Daddy and his siblings. But so far this morning he's handling it okay.  He got sad at 1st, but I told him that we needed to do something fun for just the 3 of us. I asked if he'll help me think of some fun stuff, but secretly I've already got some stuff planned. We will go to the splash pad or the wading pool, go to the library, maybe even go to the local fast food place that has a kids play area.  I think he'll have some fun.  Plus it will do him good, to spend some time with just momma, when Gordon is sleeping. It's been tough for him having to share his mommy.

This is going to be an interesting day I think, I wonder how it will go and the rest of the week will go without all of my family here.

God Bless~