Today was a day of training for Brady and I! We haven’t had a long, full, training Saturday in a while, but today was that day! We were expecting to take this particular session in November, but happened to receive a placement the day before, and we decided that settling the spoonful in to the new digs was more important. So today was the day to finally get into it.
And we did! Tom and Rae willingly took the kids for the day, which was a HUGE ask, and they were very generous to accept! They only had five for the first bit, as the two older ones got into some deep cleaning at the old house with Cher 💜 By mid-afternoon, it was time for the kids to retire to Tom and Raes, so they were at two against seven. Plus a dog. I cannot tell you how much I appreciated the care and time and effort you guys all put into us today. Thank you Cher, Rae, and Tom 💜 What a gigantic help!
Brady and I trained from 9am until just shy of 4pm. We had a lunch break and two short coffee breaks, so there was some breathing room in there. On one hand, it was a very peaceful, restful day! No parenting. No diapers. No real worky work. But you can relate, I’m sure, to being run fairly dry of mental energy. And that was us.
And how beautiful of a gift was it when Rae offered to keep the kids for supper so we could go out for supper! Man alive it was SO nice. So we did it! We hit the Caesar Mill in Martensville, and the food did not disappoint! The company wasn’t half bad either.
Ya baby. It was SO delicious. Brady said its remarkably quieter at lunch, but it was still delicious, and we were SO grateful for the time away to get our training on, and then get our bellies fed. All kid free! There’s really no one else I’d rather spend the day with, or watch pick their teeth with a kabob stick.
We drove back to town and went straight to pick up the children. All seven of them. Reading in their entrance. Hanging out peacefully. They came home happy, and went to bed well.
Aaaaand now we SLEEP! Because today was huge, and good, and a lot, and I’m so ready to rest my body and brain!
Happy February, guys 💜 I hope you stood outside and listened to the birds chirp today. What a bizarre season in which we find ourselves!