Mondays are always a weird time in House Holt. Actually,
take out the word, 'weird', and replace it with the word, 'quiet'. That
provides a much more realistic take on what Mondays are like around these
parts.
Under normal circumstances, Ellie and Ethan are both pretty
tired after staying up late to play with college students at the college life
group Bethany and I help co-lead. The two are probably a little more tired than
normal today, though. That's with them skipping college life group last night
to boot!
If I had to guess why both kids are so tired, I think the
culprit would be the epically long weekend they had. Not only was the weekend
really full with lots to do but Bethany actually spent four straight days at
home with them. To say Ellie was in paradise would be putting it lightly. She
got all of the time she could ever want with her mommy during that time. She
was read to, snuggled with, and played with to her little heart's content. In
fact, before we got to our really busy days of Friday and Saturday, one could
say Ellie was already tuckered out from all of her fun with Mommy. That being
said, there was still lots of fun to be had on Friday and Saturday night.
The event of the evening for Saturday was a quick, little
road trip to St. Joseph for family pictures at Mark Youngdahl Park. Now, I
realize it seems slightly random for us to take family pictures in St. Joe. The
reasons for doing so were twofold. The first being that Bethany simply liked
this photographer's work. The second being that it gave us the opportunity to
include my parents so that my mother could fulfill her lifelong goal of having
a professional photographer take pictures of our family.
While trying to wrangle a three-year-old and an
eight-month-old into taking quality pictures may sound miserable, it was
actually super fun. For one, it's always fun to see the kids dressed up. Also,
it helps that our photographer was awesome and really understood how to get
both Ellie and Ethan to smile. We definitely have a ton of cute pictures to
choose from. After we finished up with pictures, we made a quick trip to
Freddy's for dinner before hitting the road for home. By the time the kids were
in bed, it was already close to 8:00 pm.
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| Photo credit: BR Collective Artistry |
Fast forward to Saturday afternoon and you'll find the four
of us sitting in a pew in the back of Holy Family Catholic Church to watch one
of Bethany's good friends getting married. Now, obviously, this wasn't a big
moment for the kids. In fact, I had to take Ethan out of the sanctuary a couple
of times to let him crawl around the lobby. However, the wedding reception was
a different story.
As soon as we arrived at the venue of Liberty Community
Center, the very first thing Ellie noticed was the playground outside. A
playground on which she would spend the first part of the evening playing. Once
the sun went down, however, Ellie's choice of activity changed greatly. Dancing
became the new form of entertainment.
Now, Ellie and I have danced before at weddings. She was
less than a year old but it still counts. This time, there was no denying that
Ellie was having a great time. Not only could I not pull her off the floor to
take the occasional break, but I couldn't even take a break without her
dragging me back onto the dance floor. By the time 8:00 rolled around with
Ethan already asleep in Bethany's arms, we knew it was time to head home much
to Ellie's chagrin.
As you can see, two late nights coupled with the normal busy
events of Sunday definitely contributed to the "quiet" times
permeating through House Holt on this cloudy Monday morning. #DaddyWrite
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