Chris worked from home the week I was up in the mountains. This meant that he was available to put meals in the oven, supervise chores and clean up any blood, but wasn’t really able to entertain the kids much. He did put them to work cleaning up their rooms, which ate up some of the time, they did get to watch lots of tv and movies, and he also made sure they went outside for long stretches every day. He didn’t care what they did out there, just as long as they weren’t in the house.
Obviously, he gave them, or they asked for, the camera to amuse themselves with. This is some of the silliness I found when I went through the photo files later.
There were also several silly movies that they made using the camera.
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Then Sarah got Alexandra to film her trick.
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Thy also spent lots of time playing with their Playmobil upstairs. They love to set up intricate little scenes, and then leave them like that for a while. Which is why they get so frustrated when other kids come over and touch their Playmobil. But I am mean and ignore their cries, because then it forces them to start over and I get a few more hours of peace and quiet while they rebuild. 🙂
They survived the week just fine, and were very happy when Nick came back early, since he always thinks up fun things to play. Thanks family, for allowing me to go and have such a good time.