Prince Daddy

My little women definitely know how to greet their Daddy after a long day of work.

Dan started lovely (wait, actually.. not-so-lovely) 3rd shift on Sunday night. He's been wanting to go to it for awhile now since the waiting list is long, and he's always worried that once Maddie starts school that he will never see her if he were still on 2nd shift. Needless to say, I've never liked 3rd shift. I didn't like it when Dan was in the Air Force, and am not a big fan of it now. But, I guess like everything else in life, I will adapt.

Anyway... he is supposed to get home by 8am when the little women awake in the mornings. But, he has had "hold over's" for 2 days straight now which means he gets home at noon. Since he usually would get home at midnight after they were sound, sound asleep, they have never had the opportunity to look forward to and anxiously await his arrival from work. They've had that opportunity the past two days. And, they are hilarious about it. We've been going for our walks earlier in the mornings and then staying outside to play to wait for Dan. I sat them on the steps that overlook the big entrance hill to our complex, and they saw our car coming up the hill. I have never heard such loud (and girlish!) screeches from Cran or Beebster before in my life! They ran as fast as they could back to our steps to wait for him to park in our spot. Maddie was jumping up and down in place and screaming, "oh, the prince of my dreams! Dadddddddy! My prinnnnnce!!!!" And, Beebster was doing her flirtatious smile and chanting "Da-da! Da-da! Da-da!" It was quite the sight. I think it makes Dan feel like a rock star to have such a greeting from his two little women.

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They've been having fun these days despite the new schedule and routine. We have been so accustomed to doing our family time in the mornings before lunch, and now have to get used to the afternoons as our time. But, it will work. We go for our walks in the mornings, and I try to get them over to the park in the afternoons if Dan still is sleeping. The little women helped make peanut butter blossom cookies today, and they loved it. We made them last week with Donovan, and didn't have an egg. This time I had the egg, but realized I didn't have any vegetable oil. Lovely. But, luckily, they still came out great.

We also found a new 'treasure' for the moment. I looked out the window this morning and saw some stuff that I thought looked decent by the dumpster. Although  it's not like me to go check out stuff by the dumpster, I thought: "someone's trash could be our treasure." There stood the Dora's Talking Kitchen and a Disney Princess kitchen. I HATE Dora, and the girls do not watch that show but I know that thing sells for $80 or so, so I thought I'd take a look. I actually figured I would clean it up, let them play with it for a day or so, and then keep it to sell later. Haha. Needless to say, we burnt almost an hour with my little helpers helping me to dust it, sanitize it, and Windex it clean. It is missing some doors and parts, but still has batteries so they thought it was great to play with something new for the day. What was funny was that they used it to race all of their cars instead of actually using it as the kitchen it is meant to be. 

The Princess kitchen (which Maddie desperately wanted) was unsalvageable. I tried to pick it up to bring it in- it also needed cleaned- and it fell apart. Maddie was distraught, but they still played for a good part of the day today together with their new treasure.