day 3 Holding strong

Day 3. Rachels long day. Rachel normally goes upstairs at church to eat. So Rachel showed me which way mommy goes and what to do. We ate dinner and then came home

this small bit of pink fabric causes alot of problems. it is a daily battle to get it out of site as soon as possible.

I now know why Rachels daycare is so expensive.
everyday so far I have had to empty half of a shoe full of sand. She is slowly bringing the sandlot home.

at dinner Rachel didnt eat much but they had cookies. when it was time for dessert. no cookies were left. chocolate cake wouldnt suffice. so once home she got a treat

Este es Dora de explorer. mi casa es muy beuno donde Dora es juega

this is the aftermath of a red lolly pop

Rachel is starting to take a bath by herself. Well of course I am in there but she does all the scrubbing. Yes mommy we are taking baths.

During the bath and after we skyped with aunt Kimmie and Allyssa.

Rachel likes to play in bed once we put her down for the night. We took all of her toys out of her bed and now let her pick two things to go to bed with. pink bear is always one tonight the other was the circus hat. She is in their now singing circus songs.

Day 2..... almost didnt make it in time

so here we are at day 2 as a single dad. Rachel and I are alot alike in our sleep. we hate mornings but can stay up all night. so mornings are.........interesting. she wasnt bad. Go to work and all sorts of fun comes at me. Since it isnt good practice to have a car seat in the work van , I have to go back to shop to switch vehicles before picking up Rachel. it s Only a 20 min drive on a good day, like Sunday at 2:00am in the morning. So I get back to shop and in my car at 5:15. Traffic is bad.Have to get Rachel by 6 or pay. well I made it to find one little girl still in the playground.

When we got home I taught Rachel how to properly seed the yard.

she found a new method.

her kick method seems to work pretty well
look at that excellent technique. spread that lovely seed.

Rachel and Tyke needed a good running. So thats what they got.

the race is on

whos going to win

time out for a sec. I am working on this blog and hear something in Rachel's room. I go in there to see whats going on. she is standing on the bed and drawing on the wall with her fingers. I say RACHEL. she drops down and acts like she is asleep. little stinker.

ok time in

I dont know who had more fun

Well this is just to show its not all smiles. Daddy told me NO

another chef prepared meal

Dinner, Bath, Brush teeth, skype with nana and pops and off to bed

Single Dad for the week

Ok so heres whats going on. Lizzie is out of town at a training seminar teaching thingy ma jig. So I Wes Parsons am a single dad for the week. My lovely wife cooked dinner for my week while I was having a fun weekend with the boys down at the beach. I will attempt to blog the week. So far Rachel is good and not too fussy. This will change and thus the tone of these blogs will change as well. Here is a pic of the stocked fridge.

She even put all of Rachels clothes out for the week. Yes Rachels undies have the day on them. Lizzie knows I cant dress Rachel with 18000 variations of pink. Thanks babe.

After school Rachel and I played outside. being that I dont normally get home early I pulled out the camera. I took a few good pictures of Rachel running towards me. Well you can guess what happened next.

going

going

gone

yeah I felt bad

These are the faces of Rachel. This is her trying not to smile.

sad

angry

this is the look I get when she wants something

this is Rachels crazy smile

I'll just call this one crazy

Rachel loves it when I kick the ball really high. She laughs...Well until it went a little too high

Its stuck in the tree. Yep that little red dot, thats the ball

the ball came down after numerous throws from a smaller ball. Rachel wasnt impressed dinner is served. bagel with vegi dip , and yogurt raisins. bath time then bed.

Where did February and half of March go?

Wes, here. I'm taking over the blog. Here are a few pictures over the last couple of weeks.

Here is Rachel, stopping to smell the flowers.

Most weekends, Rachel and I head to the playground. Here we are on our way.

I love the static hair from the plastic slides.

This was bath time a few weeks ago. It will be a funny, future wedding photo.

Rachel has started coming into our room in the mornings. Usually after Lizzie is already up. She caught us sleeping and this is how we looked...so I think I know who Rachel sleeps like!

I gave Rachel a bath on night and she was wild. She was dancing and talking so I got the camera to record her. This is Rachel dancing.

Rachel dances like mommy

she said it not me.

Yes she is constantly talking, this is what it is like trying to brush teeth