And this is what big sisters are all about; helping out the little ones in need. Teach them young, so when they grow older they will hopefully have a greater understanding of those who can not do for themselves!
Yes, another fun filled day at our local mall.
Though I try and make all days as interesting as they can be, sometimes it is down right hard physically and mentally.
Today was, one of those days. A day when, it started out to be the usual; take my husband to work at 5:45 with kids in tow and then come home to do house chores, referee the girls when one wants the TV and the other a book read....
and somewhere in there find the time to sit down at the computer relaxing with a cup of coffee...sometimes the computer is on but nobody is home....a lot of the time!
Days like today and however unfortunate it is, this is what I signed up for....A lifetime of caring for those who can not or find it challenging to care for themselves!
The days was going according to plan, me in the laundry room....and the girls doing; breakfast, TV, playing....when I come out of the laundry room I hear Ellie shout, "the phone is ringing!"
Of course as my day goes, I am doing 101 things at the same time, so consequently "my phone" gets under a pile of papers on the counter. Do you think I can hear a cell phone ring under a pile of papers from behind a wall? No, but my "always in the fridge daughter" oh ya they both do that....so then, my eldest daughter hears the phone and picks it up.....
Remembering that Ellie is still only four and a half, as she picks up the phone and recognizes the voice on the other end....she starts on her little conversation....
"Who is it" I ask.
"Daddy" she says.
Knowing that it is only 10:15 in the morning, this can not be good. Sure enough, it was a call of distress.
He has had a seizure and isn't faring too well, thus we (I) have to stop what I am doing, disrupt the girls from their morning routine, (some moments like this are better than oters) and go and bring him home...
These days are....well they are ones of ; usually when all is cooperative, Michael comes home and goes straight to bed. And there he stays under the cover, for sometimes two maybe three days straight.
What to do with the girls?
As I said, every time is different, sometimes they both lay low and nothing is to be of concern and then there days like today...Upon Michael going to bed, Emily wanted to go to bed too, but of course that did not last...
So what is the one thing I think of when all needs to be quiet in the house; taking the girls to an activity center or the mall. Since play places can be quite pricy, I tend to resort to walking around the mall. However after, we did make it to a low or no cost play place; McDonalds
Walking the mall, there is stop at Dairy Queen for ice cream and then the grocery store for. a mainstay of milk and bananas
Today however, I went to the mall with a plan,,,to see is Pay less had any shoes for the girls; Emily was in need of a good Sunday pair and Ellie...well Ellie just wore her "ballet slippers" out
Success, the girls have new shoes and were semi worn out upon our return home...
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