Danielle gone day #2

This week is going to seem that I am pretty focused on my wife. Danielle left for London yesterday afternoon and is gone until Friday. I miss her. I'm stoked that she gets to go on this trip though. She's such a great mom and wife and really deserves something like this. The last seven years as we've had 3 kids, moved to two different churches and ultimately left friends and family behind to move to Texas have not always been easy. Sending her on this trip for me was a way of saying that I get it and that I want her to be able to have some of the adventure back you lose when you have three kids to raise.

I think I may be a little different than other dads in that when Danielle is gone I really love being around the kids as much as I am. I enjoy getting to be a part of more of their everyday lives. I enjoy being forced out of bed in the morning by a demanding two year old princess who just wants juice, cereal and Dora the Explorer, I enjoy taking the boys to school (which I do everyday anyways) but it's different being the one who is getting everything ready in the am.

Today when I picked Kaije up from school he told me that I didn't give him any pudding in his lunch but that I gave him two spoons. He wasn't mad just informative.

One of my closest friends is coming into town tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to spending some time with him.