Fall Days

I worked Saturday, so Andi and Tory spent a daddy/daughter day together. Hard to believe just a few weeks ago, my husband was so nervous about spending an entire day solo parenting. Now he's a pro! Andi even organized a daddy play date at a nearby indoor playland with his friend Nick and little boys Joel and Alex. I'm told Tory had a blast playing in the ball pit, going down the slides and climbing all over the foam blocks. Andi and Nick even took the kids out to lunch afterwards and when I asked Andi what they talked about, he said he had nothing to report; they basically wrangled kids the entire time. Yep, sounds just like a play date!

After I got home from work on Saturday, we hopped into the car and drove to our lake cabin for the night. These working Saturdays are really cramping our weekend cabin life, but we're trying to make the most of it and get up there even if it's only for a day. To keep things easy, we grabbed dinner at Bona Casa restaurant when we arrived into town. Tory was a big fan of the homemade cheese and raisin ravioli. Andi and I were less impressed, but what do you expect for an $11 meal that fed an entire family of three (with leftovers to spare). Andi and I spent the rest of the evening having a cocktail and spotting Tory do this a gazillion times.

Somebody has learned the stairs.

Somebody also learned how to bust out of the kid gate.

Sunday, Tory slept in until 7:15am (!!!) and we chilled around the cabin all morning, making pancakes for breakfast and watching Felix's jump from the edge of space stream over the internet. In the afternoon, we played outside in the leaves and took Tory for a walk through the woods. She was having so much fun throwing leaves into the air with Daddy.

Another perfect weekend (minus the work part) with my little family. Amazing how a short 90 minute drive to the country makes the world slow down and our family so close together.