Well, great news...Ty is back to work and we are back to the daily grind. I actually really loved that he had the opportunity to have this time off to spend with the kids. Also, it made my days off better because I didn't have any work to do, I just got to enjoy the kids since he did all the cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping and various needed projects around the house. It was like having two Saturday's a week too, since the whole family was home, so we got to do a lot of family activities. I know it sounds crazy, but I really am glad we had that opportunity. Besides, now he's working in Ogden, right by the hospital, so he can sometimes pick up the kids or he can swing by and pick me up for lunch. Now I just need to talk him into carpooling with me! I think it would be fun, I'm sure he thinks it would be a nightmare. I bet he enjoys his rides to and from work each day, listening to his own music and podcasts enjoying a little peace and quiet and here I am asking him to drive to work all together with a wife who never stops talking and kids screaming in the back seat. I wonder why he's reluctant? Anyway, I'm going to brag a little bit about my sweet husband here. I wanted to post some pics of his time off with the kids and all the fun things he did with them. He is the best dad and husband in the world and although I know this time was rough for him, he made the most of it and kept a good attitude through the whole thing.
First of all, this is what I left each morning as I went to work. No, Hailee doesn't always sleep in our bed, but has been crawling in around 6:30 some mornings and falls back to sleep there. As you can see, she's a major bed-hogger. So cute...
Ty braved an outing and took the kids to the Hill Air Force Base Museum.
One day, I arrived home to see this in my family room. I have never seen a fort this good in my life, I wouldn't let him take it down for three days!
Here's another one he did upstairs. That is a high quality fort!
He worked really hard on learning how to do Hailee's hair. He was starting to get pretty good at it! Here he was trying to perfect the "bump" look on the front/top of her head. Not too bad, huh? He came up with this method all on his own. I was impressed!
He even used hair accessories. By the way, this is a different day (yes, he did her hair every day).
I loved this idea. He had some huge paper they would use to color on. This is the only picture I could find. They also did one where he put it on the table, had Hailee lay down on it so he could trace her and then they drew her face, hair and clothes on it. She had that one hanging on the back of the door in her room for awhile and this one's hanging in our garage.
Plate faces. I don't know where he comes up with these ideas. So fun.
Sand paintings.
They did a lot of playing outside, even in the snow.
He also introduced the kids to the wonderful world of Lego's. He went and bought a couple sets and Hailee loves to play with them! She even put together that house and car all by herself. Can you believe I've never played with Lego's before? I'm sure my brothers had them, but I think they just weren't my "thing" when I was little. Well, we've spent plenty of hours building things with lego's over the past few months.
He even made sure to keep the kids clean.
He took them for rides in the wagon. One day, he even hooked the wagon up to his scooter and rode them around the block.
He played outside with them when the weather was warm(er).
He took them to the park.
This is only a handful of the fun things they did together. What a great opportunity for our kids to get to spend some one on one time with their dad. I just wanted to thank Ty for all that he did during this time and for staying positive and taking such great care of our kids. I love you so much babe!
Hailee didn't do so well either. She was so scared to get her hair washed, but then she realized it wasn't so bad.
She's been asking me if she could get her hair cut short for a long time and I've been saying no. I finally caved, I guess it is her hair after all, right? So they chopped it, it was very emotional for me.
Here's the finished product (and a goofy face). My biggest concern was that it wouldn't be long enough anymore for me to do cute stuff with it, but I was wrong...that's not the issue. The issue is that she loves it so much, she wants to wear it down every day! She just clips up the side or puts in a headband. Poor me! It does look cute though, and I supposed it's saved me hours of time in the morning. Maybe she'll let me do her hair again someday:)
