Trent and Taylor got up early this morning with the plan to sneak out before the babies see them. However, Jewel forgot to wake up and get in bed with us last night, so the sounds of Daddy and Bubba woke her. She tried to get in bed with Trevor and me but only managed to wake Trevor. Any other morning, that wouldn't be a problem. Trevor has a built in snooze button and is the King of sleeping in. He can ignore offers of fun for hours while lolling in half-sleep and refusing to get out of bed when he feels like it. (And yet, somehow he is a ball of energy all day when he gets up.) However, this morning, the lightest little murmur of the word "fish" from the living room sent him shooting straight up in bed. He got very quiet, listening for more conversation. After a few seconds, he looked at me and said, "I'm going to go see what Bubba and Dad are talking about." So, Trent, Taylor, and Trevor are going fishing this morning. I don't know how I feel about pollution levels in the local waters, but, pick your battles, right. And, the catches have been small for now, so mass quantities aren't yet an issue. Jewel wanted to go, but Mom had to sit this one out. We've been many times in the last week or so and I have things I'd like to get done here. But, it is hard to stay home because every time we've gone something great has happened. One time there were the pelicans swooping and diving right in front of us, another time we found a hiking area that is more fun than any playground (we had to take Taylor back to see it yesterday, because he wasn't with us when we discovered it), and (despite Dad's phone incident) its been great and the kids have asked a million questions. I took some pictures and videos yesterday. We plan on going back to the hiking trail many more times, it is beautiful and very interesting. Jewel is currently changing from one dress to another and then changing shoes, I suppose if she can't go fishing she'll just play dress up. ha ha
It's been pretty fun even for the kids. The babies miss Taylor now, but having Dad home all day has been really great. We even fit in a little school before Taylor left for camp, some really fun lessons that I can't recall at the moment. There was some funny play with the little ones too, but I suppose I am too exhausted to describe it all now. The usual new words, trampoline skills, new sibling interactions, funny toddler tantrums, cute loving cuddling, and other normal wonderful family times plus painting and moving things and constant rearranging. The babies are just big enough to stay out of the way or be marginally helpful for 30 minutes or so at a time. This is much improved over the last few years, and we are enjoying it. We are also taking care of various errands right now. We have to do vehicle repairs, school forms, daycare registration (I think I found one), and other various applications and payments. So, not much in the way of vacation, well, except the little bit of fishing/video-ish games/summer camp/mildly relaxing time that we are squeezing in lately. So it has been a busy, fun, relaxing, and productive week off.
