Day thirteen

It's only my fourth day at home with the kids full-time, but I've been away from work since the end of September. We're slowly starting to get into a routine. I pull them in a Burley on a six or seven-mile bike ride in the morning. We stop at the baseball diamond to stretch and run the bases and stretch some more. Then we make our way to a playground for a while and come back home around ten o'clock.

Then I think, Now what do I have them do?

Crayons and coloring books usually do the trick for a while and bring us to lunch time and [usually] naptime. In the great October weather we had up until yesterday, we were back outside for a walk or bike ride. With colder weather approaching, I'll need to get a bit more clever with my list of activities. We're sure to visit the library for storytime and the indoor trails at the zoo to explore the animals.

I'm surprisingly disconnected from any thoughts of work. I thought I might be tempted to check in by email to make sure things were running smoothly, but I can't tell you how nice it has been to remove myself from the constant back-and-forth of often-ambiguous electronic communication. My days are now very raw and transparent. No hidden emotion or motives...my kids give it to me straight up. We are learning.