Diary of a Temporary Single Mom-Day 4

Time seems to be flying by, which is a good thing. Right? Day 1 was one of my toughest days yet. I'll spare you some of the details, but it did contain a lot of screaming and whining, me watching 3 other toddlers, a kid missing his daddy like crazy, a slight fever, a runny nose and no nap. I was able to lean on a couple of friends and talk to my Mom on the phone. I did make it through though with only a few tears of hopeless frustration shed. I knew that this was totally a flukey day and that Monday would be much better.

DAY 2

I was right. Monday was wonderful. With a sick little boy, the key is to be flexible. He loves to be outside and active, but when he's sick, he needs to do it at his own pace without Mommy's agenda shaping the day too much. We spent the morning at the park and met many other kids his age there. He is such an extrovert (he gets it from his father). He is at the stage where his imagination is really taking off too. He can come up with the most interesting stories. Tobin cracks me up sometimes. After the park, we went back home to pick up our new stroller and head out to the grocery store to get chocolate syrup for a special treat of chocolate milk. After we completed that task, we stopped off at Blockbuster to rent a couple of movies. Tobin wanted Sreck 2 and I picked out one of my favourite childhood movies, Mary Poppins.

Very appropriate since Daddy is in England. =)

DAY 3

Tuesday took us to the Vancouver aquarium where Tobin found Nemo.

Outside the aquarium, he found a skunk. Don't worry, we kept our distance.

Once again there was no nap in his day, but we kept the fun going. Mommy is now getting the hang of wrestling and we have lots of fun and giggley times.

DAY 4

Wednesday is a daycare day. It is supposed to give me the time to work on my sewing business. However, being a single parent takes a lot of time and energy. So today was dedicated to groceries, running errands (which take way longer on foot) and taking a breather. It's hard for me to use one of my precious "days off" to take it easy. I'm still trying to convince myself that I wasn't being lazy or selfish. The sensible part of me knows that I need to restore myself for the weekend ahead. Yes, that is only fair to myself and to Tobin.

Well, tomorrow should be a good one. I have some girls coming over tomorrow evening for dinner and a movie. I have some new fabric that is crying out to be sewn into great camera straps. Oh happy day!

More to come,

Martha

Diary of a Temporary Single Mom

I got this idea from another blogger at Chickpea Sewing Studio and I think it will help me get through the next two weeks. Plus, as my hubby is my only reader, he gets updates on how we're doing here in Vancouver.

Now that the volcanic ash has settled, Kris's work trip to the UK is on again. We tried to explain all week that Daddy was going on a trip, and even on the way to the airport and at the gate Tobin didn't understand what was happening. It was after the last hug and we when we went our separate ways did Tobin ask "Where Daddy going?" I told him Daddy is going to England. Tobin replied "Me go England toooooo." Our friend Andrew drove us to and from the airport and all the way home Tobin asked "Where Daddy?" Yes, every two minutes. My thought - Oh boy, this could be a looooong two weeks.

Kris is a great dad and in preparation for this trip, he made several videos for Tobin. These videos range from a good morning message to a night night routine to wrestling with Tobin on his big boy bed. We watched these as soon as we got home and the smile never left my little boy's face. He loves his Daddy very much. The videos were a huge help. Thanks Hon! He went to bed just fine for me even though daddy usually does the bedtime routine.

Here are a few shots of the lazy morning we had for our last full day together as a family.

Don't you love Tobin's bed head? He is sitting on the window ledge to see the garbage trucks go by.

I've spiced up Fridays at our house by making them "Funny Face Food Fridays" Which explains the breakfast we had.

Here is Tobin at the aquarium. This will definitely be one of our outings while Kris is gone.

Well, I should sign off now, but I will be back to update my diary of a temporary single mom.

More to come

Martha