Dad is back to work again now, on a conference no less, but there was still lots of family time during the week.
Wednesday morning started with a morning walk, and Huff came along for the adventure. She loves coming on walks so much that she reminisces about what she’d been imagining on the previous walk. Her expression is grounded in “why have you stopped, Dad?” rather than any other sense of unhappiness.
Wednesday was a bit of an errand-running day, with a trip to the dentist for Mum and the kids. While not desperately looking forward to going to the dentist, they’re nonetheless happy to be there. One of the highlights was seeing an x-ray of Huff’s teeth, both the ones that have come through, and the ones in waiting.
Dad took the kids around Hurstville for a few hours while waiting for Mum; we stopped at a cafe on a hot day.
Puff and Huff both tried this indoor jumping setup; Huff loved it, and Puff enjoyed it to some extent.
Thursday was the long awaited trip to the movies with Grandma, which we went to by public transport; the kids walked up to the station in the heat like troopers.
They were much happier in the shade of the train station waiting for the train.
And we all enjoyed the movie (How to Train your Dragon 3), though some scenes were a bit intense for Huff.
Afterward we headed back to Grandma and Doc’s for dinner, and then home to see Mum again after a long day.
We have spent a fair bit of time in the last week visiting Grandragon in hospital; on Saturday Dad took the kids a bit further down the road to realise our ambition of a trip to the blowhole. They liked it enough to want to stay and wait to see it go a few times, but then were happy enough to keep running around in the nearby parks.
It was very cold!
It’s been a lot of fun for Dad to spend the extra time with the kids, and to be freed up to be a bit more helpful than usual. Hopefully it will stick!