While it’s true that I love spending time with my kiddies, it is also true that I look for ways to “break-away” for awhile. Now on paper it sounds great, sleep in, do grown-up things, only take care of yourself, but the truth is while that is awesome, missing your kids comes with this territory.
Case in point, a long weekend without our eldest Brook. Grams and Papa took Brook “Up North” to their lake cabin for a long weekend. She’s been gone since Thursday night and she will be back sometime later tonight. She loves going up there with them and it’s great for all of them to have time together, but I miss her something terribly. This leads me to my second realization…
One kid is super easy!!! So easy in fact, that it’s almost like not having a kid around. Sounds silly, but Blake, being just a baby, goes virtually anywhere with us and he is just a go with the flow type of kid so far. We spent all day Friday in Milwaukee and we then went to a Brewers game that night and he was easy peasy. Brook wouldn’t have stayed in her seat for more than 20 minutes, but with Blake, he just chilled on my lap watching all the lights and people move about and he was completely cool.
He also sleeps soooooo much better without Brook here. Much quieter and he loves the quiet. Yesterday, he slept till 9am and then took a four hour nap and then slept again until 9:30am. He got up once to feed, but other than that, I got to sleep in…which was heavenly.
But, even though all of this is great, I miss Brook so desperately and I am dying to see her.
Unfortunately, I am heading down to Chicago for a few days of vacation, so I will only be able to see her for a minute and then I am heading out. So, technically I won’t see her till Thursday. I love my adult time, but I miss my children so. So the lie is really just not telling the whole story…while being away is needed and wonderful, missing your kids pulls at the heartstrings. Don’t worry, in a month or so, I’ll be begging for a break again, then I will miss them again and the circle will start all over again














