Walking home from school was our first family activity after Mom left, somehow we managed to scrape everyone's knee in the process. It cracked me up so I suppose that was our first lesson about Dad Camp, dramatically less sympathy points were available.
Rub some dirt on that, you'll be fine.
After that we went to the library where I was introduced to Elephant and Pig books, and I returned the favor by introducing the girls to a dinner of Cheetos and Baked Beans.
Wednesday Nora and I planted some bushes in the yard in the morning. Abby and Nora found some princess jewel rings that morning which they decided had the secret magical power to let them talk to each other wherever they were. All day Nora walked around saying, 'See my ordinary, totally-not-magical ring Dad? It's not magic at all.' and then proceeded to whisper something directly into her completely ordinary ring.
After school we went to ballet. It was a watch day and I told Nora she could follow along at the back of the dance hall, so she thought she was pretty big stuff.
Thursday was 'D' day for the Kindergarten alaphabet countdown and Abby had been telling Nora all week how her class would be getting doughnuts. Nora was a little upset so we decided to make doughnuts for breakfast so everyone could have one.
To be fair to Abby, she had asked me if she could stick a doughnut in her backpack to bring home for Nora. In all honestly making doughnuts was also a little bit of self preservation, getting chocolate glaze off of the inside of a backpack sounds like a more of a job for mom.
That evening we had small group at our house. After dinner the girls were playing in the living room, Abby had bridged herself between the coffee table and couch when I heard her say, 'Hey Nora, tickle my feet!' Hilariously, that worked out not nearly as well in reality as it did in the minds of a certain 4 and 6 year old.
The past few weeks we've been working on thinking about what we do before we do it, proceeded by such hilarious lines as, 'Nora, pretend to kick my face!' and 'Dip me darling!'.
Friday the girls woke up before 6 so we went out for breakfast.
In the evening we went to International Night at school. Abby sang a couple of songs and we visited booths about different countries. I believe Japan was their favorite because of the Japanese Pocky Sticks (biscuit sticks covered in chocolate).
Abby is in pink, just to the left of the music stand.
I'm sure I had a great time, I think the girls did too.
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