Welcome Home, Daddy!

Whew! Mel is home after a week in Orlando at the PGA Golf Expo for Pennington and Bailes. Although I’m accustomed to him working A LOT at the funeral home, it is always nice to have a helping hand in the evenings and especially have adult conversation after long days with the girls. Mel got home on Saturday night and went straight to his “real” work at the funeral home on Sunday morning…welcome home!

The “girl’s team” made it and we actually had lots of fun while Daddy was away. We went roller skating on Thursday night and although it was hard juggling Mary Clare when big girl, McCanless refused the toddler skates and had to have “real skates,” I did have lots of help from other understanding moms that were willing to hold Mary Clare. We ended up having the real skates tightened and away she went socializing with a few school pals and scooting along all night bobbing her head to Hannah Montanna. As luck would have it, McCanless didn’t have school on Wednesday, so we took off to Florence to have lunch at Chuck E. Cheese, a long play date and a bit of shopping! I thought I’d never be able to take both girls shopping like that, especially alone, (McCanless WAS NOT a good baby shopper…Mary Clare, I discovered, is a fabulous shopper!)

I took the girls to lunch often and we cooked together a few nights. Mary Clare saw her first snow and even learned a new trick. (see above) Other than Nonnie watching the girls on Monday and Wednesday for my aerobics class at the Y, the girls and I just had each other day and night! It was a fun week, but we are definitely glad daddy is home! Now, we just have to figure out how to get McCanless back out of the habit of sleeping in our bed….I couldn’t sleep alone last week!

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