Friday, October 01, 2004
Domestic Dad
Nora's folks have been on vacation in Ireland for the past 10 days. They're our regular kids' child care while Nora and I are at work. During their absence Nora and I took time off to be with the kids (Nora took off week one, I took week two).
(Queue cheesy sentimental music...)
My week ended today and I can't believe its actually over. I'm surprised how much I'm going to miss it. Obviously I am with the kids in the evening and on the weekends, and its not uncommon for Nora to go out and do "stuff" so that its just me with the kids -but this is the first time I've had concentrated kid time for an extended period. With Pierce in preschool during the morning, Anna and I had a lot of focused Dad/daughter time. We went to the playground, blew bubbles, ran around outside. She's a charmer. I think she must have enjoyed the time with me as much as I did, after the first day she spent the evening calling Nora "Dad".
During our week we three went to Wonderscope (a children's museum) together. We've been there together as a family before, but not for awhile. Pierce delighted in showing Anna around the displays and for the first time Anna was really able to "do" many of the activities.
This week feels like it was a once in a lifetime opportunity for me, I can't imagine I'll have another opportunity to play Daddy Daycare for an extended period. I'm going to miss it.
-Eric (Dad)
(Queue cheesy sentimental music...)
My week ended today and I can't believe its actually over. I'm surprised how much I'm going to miss it. Obviously I am with the kids in the evening and on the weekends, and its not uncommon for Nora to go out and do "stuff" so that its just me with the kids -but this is the first time I've had concentrated kid time for an extended period. With Pierce in preschool during the morning, Anna and I had a lot of focused Dad/daughter time. We went to the playground, blew bubbles, ran around outside. She's a charmer. I think she must have enjoyed the time with me as much as I did, after the first day she spent the evening calling Nora "Dad".
During our week we three went to Wonderscope (a children's museum) together. We've been there together as a family before, but not for awhile. Pierce delighted in showing Anna around the displays and for the first time Anna was really able to "do" many of the activities.
This week feels like it was a once in a lifetime opportunity for me, I can't imagine I'll have another opportunity to play Daddy Daycare for an extended period. I'm going to miss it.
-Eric (Dad)
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