Day AND Night!

I was having trouble sleeping Friday night, anxious about the weekend. The time had come to take a big step. We were leaving the kids with Nanna and Pops for the day AND the night! You may laugh, but this was the first time since Toby's birth (the only other time) that we have both left the kids overnight, at the same time. That's right, 3 1/2 years since Emma came home and the night I was in labor was the only time one of us wasn't with her!

Since I went back to work and we saw how well they are doing without us for the day, and sleeping well at Christina's and Scott's Mom's during the day we thought they were ready to go an sleepover. (Well, I just now thought they were ready, Scott probably thought that ages ago!)

We dropped them off at 8am, just like any other day, only this time they had an overnight bag, and Emma was excited about her first sleepover (or maybe it was the idea of sleeping in Josiah's crib - she is always trying to get in Toby's crib!)

What did we do? Took to the beach, of course! Before we left the kids Emma asked me where we were going. I told a little lie, saying we were going to "run errands, nothing fun"! She was fine with that, and it was as much for her good as ours! It was half true - we were planning on doing nothing, at the beach!

We ended up at the same beach as some friends who were down there with their family. We weren't trying to avoid kids altogether, just not have the responsibility ourselves! We got to go in the water, together, for as long as we wanted. Scott played wiffle ball with some guys, while I sunbathed, and probably nodded off!

When the clouds rolled in we hit the boardwalk for some dinner (under a canopy because it was raining pretty hard) and then mini-golf, in the rain! Like a pair of crazy kids!!

We didn't want to fork out for a hotel, and that was fortunate since it rained so much. We got to come home and relax without first shepherding tired children to bed! Likewise, the next morning we got ready for church without the crying, whining and fight with shoes. (We were still late though - not having anyone to demand we got up!)

We picked the kids up after church (by which point I was missing them terribly!) and headed straight to Melissa's for lunch.

The rain was constant and hard, one of those Sunday's you just want to curl up under a blanket. Or in Toby's case, in a dog bed...

Harley was quite confused!

Then Keith and Scott had the "great" idea to sail paper plate boats down the stream that had formed on the field behind Melissa's house. Sure enough, that's just what they did, and took the kids with them...





I'm glad Scott does crazy stuff like that, the kids will have some great stories when they're older.

Then it was back home (kids both falling asleep on the way) for a playdate. A friend from church is moving away this week and her two girls have been Emma's only girlfriends. We invited them over to play for a couple of hours before a teary farewell (us, not the kids - they don't have a clue!).

All in all a packed weekend. This summer has been non-stop action, I need to come to work to take a break!!