Spring vacation, day 1
I know that teachers need vacations from school. And children need vacations from school. But vacation week when you have a kid in kindergarten and a small one in daycare and work to go to is a bit of a hassle.
It is spring vacation here and we have made it through our first day. (At least I'm not deathly ill, as I was during Punkin's last school vacation. Ugh.)
So Monday being my day off I was faced with an entire day with both kids, and I really worked on figuring something fun to do in the morning (because Buddy didn't nap yesterday and I was hell-bent on making sure her napped today). At about 9:30 I realized that Punkin had been asking to take a train ride for quite a while, and Buddy has never been on a train (he who loves anything with wheels). A quick train ride two stops down to a park we don't usually go to and back up the train in time to be home for lunch sounded perfect.
I was a little concerned about making it to the train, but I took my usual 3 minute shower and packed a day bag in record time (diapers, wipes, snacks, sippy cups, clean onesie and knitting!) We raced out the front door, piled into the car and...
the car wouldn't start. Just a pathetic grumble. Dead battery.
Called AAA, tow truck came, poured in two gallons of gas (because I'd let it get very low) and jumped the battery.
The kids were not thrilled about spending the morning watching mom on the phone, researching batteries on the web, and coordinating with the Hubby, all while sitting on the front porch because we couldn't go inside and leave the car running in the driveway. We ended up taking the car up to a chain place to get a new battery and walking over to Target to do some shopping and have an impromptu lunch at the Pizza Hut cafe in Target. Not exactly my first choice of cuisine, but Buddy was getting really low blood sugar and I had to feed him or the whole nap idea would have been shot. Punkin was completely bent out of shape about not getting to ride the train and hounded me about it for a while. However, since we spent several hours in the afternoon working on a sewing project for her she brightened up a bit.
Tomorrow I'm off (since I'm working Saturday) and I'm taking Buddy to day care so Punkin and I can have some fun together. Lunch out, more sewing, and who knows what else!
Probably not much knitting though.
It is spring vacation here and we have made it through our first day. (At least I'm not deathly ill, as I was during Punkin's last school vacation. Ugh.)
So Monday being my day off I was faced with an entire day with both kids, and I really worked on figuring something fun to do in the morning (because Buddy didn't nap yesterday and I was hell-bent on making sure her napped today). At about 9:30 I realized that Punkin had been asking to take a train ride for quite a while, and Buddy has never been on a train (he who loves anything with wheels). A quick train ride two stops down to a park we don't usually go to and back up the train in time to be home for lunch sounded perfect.
I was a little concerned about making it to the train, but I took my usual 3 minute shower and packed a day bag in record time (diapers, wipes, snacks, sippy cups, clean onesie and knitting!) We raced out the front door, piled into the car and...
the car wouldn't start. Just a pathetic grumble. Dead battery.
Called AAA, tow truck came, poured in two gallons of gas (because I'd let it get very low) and jumped the battery.
The kids were not thrilled about spending the morning watching mom on the phone, researching batteries on the web, and coordinating with the Hubby, all while sitting on the front porch because we couldn't go inside and leave the car running in the driveway. We ended up taking the car up to a chain place to get a new battery and walking over to Target to do some shopping and have an impromptu lunch at the Pizza Hut cafe in Target. Not exactly my first choice of cuisine, but Buddy was getting really low blood sugar and I had to feed him or the whole nap idea would have been shot. Punkin was completely bent out of shape about not getting to ride the train and hounded me about it for a while. However, since we spent several hours in the afternoon working on a sewing project for her she brightened up a bit.
Tomorrow I'm off (since I'm working Saturday) and I'm taking Buddy to day care so Punkin and I can have some fun together. Lunch out, more sewing, and who knows what else!
Probably not much knitting though.
2 Comments:
aiee. A nice plan gone very awry.
"The best laid schemes o’ knitters an’ kids / Gang aft a-gley.” (or something like that). Sometimes you just need to roll with the punches that life hands out. Sorry for the car woes...but better in your driveway where everyone's safe - and can get to the bathroom when needed - than actually out on the road.
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