Sunday, December 21, 2008

Bobbie had to work with the accountant today, so I spent the entirety with Killian.  He spent the morning watching a little TV while I swept and mopped the kitchen floor.  He wanted to help, so I taught him how to use the mop (the iRobot only works if you keep up on the major mopping) a bit, which he was really excited about.  After that, he saw some of the neighbor kids outside and wanted to go out to play.  I turned him loose with the neighbors' kids Kiera & Lauren who had their cousins, Jack and Caden, over as well.  The five of them had a blast while I talked with their moms, Maja and Elizabeth.  I suckered the moms into watching Killian while I popped into the house and vacuumed in exchange for hanging up some Christmas lights above the garage for Maja.  

Once that was done, Killian was ready for lunch, so we popped into the house and had some.  Even with an offer on the table to drive up to McDonald's for chicken nuggets and french fries, Killian asked me to make some at home.  Surprise, surprise.  I did and we shared a meal, which was really pretty fun & nice.  While he was finishing his (daddy always wins the meal race), I did the dishes and then he wanted to go back outside and play some more.  

By this point, Kiera & cousins had gone inside, but Lauren & some other neighborhood kids, Ross, Avery and Donovan were out playing, so Killian ran the cul de sac with them while I repaired the holiday decorations on our house and lawn and put up a few more.  After awhile, Rich came over and the three of us rode up to Lowe's together to check out the discount Christmas decorations.  I picked up two strings of icicle lights for roof line decoration for this year or maybe next depending on my inspiration over the next four days.  On the way home, we picked up pizza for us and Bobbie and had dinner.  Dinner was followed by a little TV, bath time and then bedtime.

Not really an amazingly out of the ordinary day, but certainly an amazing ordinary day.  He was really great all day and seeing him play with other kids really brings out how much of a really good kid and person he is.  I am a very lucky dad.