I'm very sad that my maternity leave is quickly coming to an end, but I've had some great times. I had planned my entire leave to eat lunch with Avery one day at her school. Awhile back I had selected yesterday (Friday) to be the day since it was my mom's day off and she could keep Whitten while I went. Earlier this week we were informed that her class had won a pizza party that they would get on Friday! YAY! I got to go on PIZZA PARTY DAY! It didn't really matter, I was very much looking forward to my lunch with Avery, even if it had been cafeteria food. So, Thursday night Whitten & I spent the night with my parents to avoid a chaotic Friday morning trying to get out the door headed for my lunch date and also to let M get a good night of study & sleep before a big test he had on Friday. I had a great day with Avery and enjoyed seeing her classroom. I even got to go to recess with them for a little while.
Friday night Mom, Dad, Krystal, & Chris wanted to go out to eat so we offered to keep Avery & Brodie at our house. They are too funny! We had lots of good laughs and have so much to look forward to when Whitten is their age. I even got a little work out of them by putting old socks on their hands and "allowing" them to dust! After their baths, they got into their matching monkey pajamas and we got out the book Pajama Time. Avery sounded out words and absolutely impressed us with her reading! M & I just kept looking at each other in amazement. We had no idea she could read that much. We're very proud of her.
Today (Saturday) we finally got around to using a gift card Jackson had given us a long time ago to the Majestic Grill, a restaurant downtown. (Thanks Jackson, we enjoyed it.) After lunch we went to a movie. Rod & Karen kept Whitten while we were out. I was away from her for 6 1/2 hours, the longest ever. M said this may help me from having such a melt down when I go back to work. We are very grateful that Karen will be keeping Whitten when I return to work. I cannot imagine leaving her with strangers at a daycare.
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