Monday the grandparents went home. Due to drive and flight times, as well as the other events to unfold during the week, I didn’t go with to drop them off. The kids got home and were doing pretty well. They got to eat Ruby Tuesday’s for dinner. I got to enjoy a little time without others around which is more important for me than I like to admit. Gideon picked Miles From Tomorrowland for a nighttime show. After stories Cecilia lost it wanting grandma and basically cried herself to sleep.
Gideon brought home two class books and a library book (The Clone Wars: Heroes and Villans.). I read him a bit from the library book as well as one of the books from school. Heather did likewise with the other class book.
Cecilia always wants to get in on the class books. Heather read her one and I read her the other.

Tuesday everyone but Cecilia essentially had a partial day. Gideon had a doctor’s appointment that Heather and I both went to. Later we hung out with the Huisinga’s for dinner and some playtime at our place. They had to leave much earlier than normal so when they did leave Cecilia picked Creative Galaxy.
Cecilia has some new frozen step into reading books. She had me read the Anna’s Best Friends one. Gideon had me read Fly High Fly Guy. That was the stories for the day, and they shared them. Standard practice for these dinner with Husinga family nights.

Wednesday didn’t have much going on. Sometimes that’s a good thing. Gideon picked Miles From Tomorrowland.
For a story Gideon had Heather read him his latest class book. I read him two more entries from the Star Wars library book he had.
Cecilia had me read her Anna’s Best Friends again. Heather likely read her one of the other two Step Into Reading Frozen books.

Thursday got to be a little bit of a late day. Nothing planned or specific had happened, it just kind of got away from us. Cecilia picked Creative Galaxy instead of a story and Gideon joined her. They both asked for stories upstairs anyhow, but were reminded of the choice they made.

Friday we had a bit of a long day. It was somewhat planned though. I brought the kids to play at the indoor playground after school. It was still a little cold for outside play. It is finally time to experiment with adding some dairy back into the kids diet. Ultimately as long as it gets to where we can do dairy avoidance instead of full elimination I think life will be much easier. The offshoot is that Gideon got to eat cheese pizza no sauce, otherwise known as cheese bread. We tried a new show, The 7D, at bed time and decided not to do that one again for a while. We let them watch a single Fireman Sam since the chosen show (by me) didn’t work out so well.
Gideon had me read him a Fly Guy book, probably what Heather read him too.
Cecilia had Heather read one of the new Frozen Learn to Read books. After a bit of a melt-down she finally had me read her a Palace Pets book.

Saturday morning Gideon and Heather went to the store. They got back just in time to rush through getting lunch and me getting Gideon to Coach Pitch practice. I had to eat lunch at practice. When that was done we all went to the park together. We were able to spend some time flying kites, and Gideon spent some time practicing baseball. Eventually some of the kids from Gideon’s class showed up and they all played together until it was time to go. Straight to church and home for a night of Amazing Race and dinner. Cecilia picked Creative Galaxy and the kids got to have dairy ice cream while they watched it.
Cecilia had Heather read her Anna’s Best Friends and begged me for a Fly Guy book.
Gideon had us both read to him from his library book.

Sunday we spent the morning at the indoor park in Edina. We had a nice lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. The kids did great even though they had nothing to do. No coloring or activity sheets. No electronic games. Just hanging out looking around and waiting for the food. Rest time was the drive home from there and a little bit of time at home after. We ended the day with Cecilia taking a very long bath and Gideon getting some time on the Wii U. Gideon picked Miles From Tomorrowland.
For books Cecilia was struggling. She eventually heard me read her the Finding Nemo story from the Disney Christmas Collection, and I believe Heather read her something from it as well.
Gideon had us work together to finish his school library book as it was due the next morning.