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Day 4: Week with the Kids

Day 5: Week with the Kids

Day 6: Week with the Kids

Tally for the week:

Number of times that I was told 'Mommy doesn't do it that way': 2
Number of doughnuts eaten: 8
Number of trips to the doctor/ER: 0
Number of times snuggled: 25
Number of times hearing 'Daddy?': 40 (this number is probably too low)
Number of times hearing 'Where's Mommy?': 4
Number of times hearing 'When's Mommy coming home?': 8
Number of times Mommy was missed: 14 (spoken, 1 mazillion unspoken)
Number of fights between kids: 9
Number of hours kids have played computer: 6
Number of hours kids have watched tv: 3
Number of kids movies/shows watched: 5
Number of times eating out: 2
Number of holes of golf played: 0
Number of holes of golf that will be played the week Cathy gets back: 18+

Day 6: Week with the Kids

2010-07-08T23:54:00.001-04:00

In case missed yesterday's saga, Day 5: Week with the Kids.

Warning: This blog post may contain graphic images not suitable for mothers!

Thursday. This morning we decided to head to the Car dealership to claim our prize. We won! We won! We won! Our prize was $25,000! However they needed to keep $24,997 to cover their expenses and taxes, so we netted $3.

Our 3 gold coins

We reserved Thursday as a day of cleaning and playing. We worked on the Kitchen, the Living Room and Downstairs Den.

Kitchen Before

Kitchen After

Kitchen Before

Kitchen After

Living Room Before

Living Room After

Living Room Before

Living Room After

Den Before

Den After

Den Before

Den After

After dinner, we traveled to Bristol for the ISBC men's softball team tournament game. If we won our first game, then we played the very next game. So, in true ISBC fashion, in a game we were supposed to win easily, we won a nail-bitter by 1 run in seven innings. The next game was a game that we were not expected to win as this was a much better team. The game was close throughout and then I came up to bat, bottom of the seventh, bases loaded, 2 outs, down by 5 runs. The scenario every boy dreams of as a kid. So what do I do, I hit a weak dribbler toward the second baseman. Fortunately for me, I gave them an opportunity to make an error with the pitcher cutting the ball off and then making a toss to the first baseman which he missed allowing 2 runs to score (I'll still call them RBIs). Next batter gets a single and then the next hits an inside the park homer to win the game. I still can't believe we scored 6 runs with 2 outs including a walk-off inside the park home run!

Day 0: Week with the Kids

Day 4: Week with the Kids

Day 5: Week with the Kids

Tally for the week:

Number of times that I was told 'Mommy doesn't do it that way': 2
Number of doughnuts eaten: 8
Number of trips to the doctor/ER: 0
Number of times snuggled: 20
Number of times hearing 'Daddy?': 32 (this number is probably too low)
Number of times hearing 'Where's Mommy?': 4
Number of times hearing 'When's Mommy coming home?': 8
Number of times Mommy was missed: 12 (spoken, 1 mazillion unspoken)
Number of fights between kids: 8
Number of hours kids have played computer: 5
Number of hours kids have watched tv: 3
Number of kids movies/shows watched: 5
Number of times eating out: 2
Number of holes of golf played: 0
Number of holes of golf that will be played the week Cathy gets back: 18+

Day 5: Week with the Kids

2010-07-07T22:56:00.000-04:00

In case missed yesterday's saga, Day 4: Week with the Kids.

Wednesday. This morning we decided to venture out to the Y. Since I hadn't been to the Y in about 4 weeks, I had to spend several minutes convincing them that I was still a member (not really, but I was afraid that it might happen). While we were there, Julie read an entire Cam Jansen book.

One of the things the kids have been looking forward to all week has been a trip to the library where a Magician was to perform. He was very entertaining and the kids loved it!

Julie and David waiting anxiously for the magic show.

A picture of the Magician (it didn't turn out, I guess that's why he said no flash photography).

The biggest news of the day came after we checked the mail. We got an ad from a car dealership which had a $25,000 scratch off lottery game. I got the kids to help me scratch it and low and behold our numbers matched making us a winner (which I'm sure we were the ONLY person receiving the mailing that won). All we have to do is show up at the dealership to claim our prize. So, we're all very excited to go claim our prize (I've already prepared the kids that this is a gimmick).

Thanks to some coupons the kids got from VBS, we went to Zaxby's for dinner and had a good time.

When we got home, we were able to video chat with Mommy over Skype.

The kids always love to have a "movie night". So when it came time to exchange one of our Blockbuster movies, I let the kids choose one. They chose 'Bolt', since they saw it playing in Blockbuster the other day. So far it's been a little confusing for the kids to understand that the character Bolt is an actor in a tv show within the movie. And the plot line goes between showing Bolt as part of the tv show and then outside of the tv show. Very confusing for someone who really gets into a movie as if it were real and then it isn't.

Day 0: Week with the Kids

Day 4: Week with the Kids

Tally for the week:

Number of times that I was told 'Mommy doesn't do it that way': 2
Number of doughnuts eaten: 8
Number of trips to the doctor/ER: 0
Number of times snuggled: 15
Number of times hearing 'Daddy?': 25 (this number is probably too low)
Number of times hearing 'Where's Mommy?': 4
Number of times hearing 'When's Mommy coming home?': 8
Number of times Mommy was missed: 10 (spoken, 1 mazillion unspoken)
Number of fights between kids: 6
Number of hours kids have played computer: 5
Number of hours kids have watched tv: 3
Number of kids movies/shows watched: 5
Number of times eating out: 2
Number of holes of golf played: 0
Number of holes of golf that will be played the week Cathy gets back: 18+

Day 4: Week with the Kids

2010-07-06T20:43:00.000-04:00

In case missed yesterday's saga, Day 3: Week with the Kids.

Tuesday. We decided to spend the morning at home playing since we've been so busy. Much Star Wars role playing was played. I lost several Light Saber duels. There was also the Mommy/Daddy and Kings/Queens role playing which somehow always included either a hideout or castle or house to be constructed.

In the evening, the Kistners were gracious enough to invite us over to their house for pizza and swimming. We all had a great time. David was especially worn out and didn't last long once we got home. Unfortunately, swimming and cameras don't mix, so I didn't get any pictures.

I've tried to record a short video and post it, so let's see if it works.

Day 0: Week with the Kids