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Today was a long day, Melissa wasn’t feeling well so we went to get it checked out. Spending time in the exam curtain was fun, I just couldn’t figure out why they needed so many blood pressure machines. She’s got some medication now and is on the mend.
It’s amazing as the 2 hampers I had sorted last night turns into these 6 dryers today. While Jacob and Violet were with Nana and Papa, Melissa and I spent the afternoon in the Laundromat catching up on laundry. Though it was a long day it feels good to have it all done.
On my way home from work today I made a mental checklist of the different things I wanted to do. One of them was get a few loads of laundry done. Unfortunately it didn’t work out. Came home, made dinner played with the kids, watched a movie with My Mother and Niece, checked on my farm and the night had run out. I did manage to pull a couple of loads together and they are waiting for tomorrow morning to head into the machine. It seems fitting that I’ll be spending a rainy Saturday doing laundry while the kids are off having fun with their Nana.
There is something special the moment your kids first see you. There face light up and the smile and call your name. It happens most nights when I get home, but it always seems more exuberant when it happens outside. In a place where they might not expect to see you. It’s happened to me twice this week, the first at the bus stop near our house, I got off the bus and walked towards home, only to be stopped by Melissa calling me from the park. She and the kids where out to met me. It happened again today, though today it was at Islington station. I was meeting my mom with the kids so that she could head downtown for a meeting. Hearing Jacob call out Daddy when he first saw me was priceless, thinking back on it now I wish I had thought to take a picture of it. Even Violet was all excited in the stroller as I walk up. These are the moments I cherish as a father.
Now about today’s picture, after meeting my mom and the kids at the subway we took the long way home. It included a Subway, Train and Streetcar with trips to 3 playgrounds. It was a great spring evening. Though by the end it was getting a little cold. The photo is of Jacob while I was talking to him about coming in. Of course he was having too much fun playing with other children to want to come in the first time I called. But with a little coaxing and the help of one of the kids he came in for dinner without incident.
Today was another day at home with the kids for me. During the day I capture this moment of Violet and Jacob sharing an apple. I really do enjoy my days with the kids, but sometimes it’s hard to get everything you want done. I can’t help but feel I had a better system when I used to stay home with Jacob. Now is that because I had got into routine with him or is it just wishful thinking. I’m hoping after a couple more weeks the 3 of us will find a way to make these days work better.
When I was thinking about what to shoot for today’s photo two random things came together to almost make my choice for me. The first was a client visit, we got a call last week to from a client we’d all but written off, the second was an announcement by the TTC of the expanded availability of GPS based arrival times for most streetcar routes in the city. I spent some time looking at it before heading to the clients this afternoon. So when I got to Spadina station, where a the first trial installation of the GPS system is installed for the publics use, I thought great and snapped today’s picture. The only problem is now when I got to site to check out how it works, I only see two routes not the 5 or 6 I saw earlier. The service when it goes live will be a great help to the TTC riders of the city, I just hope we don’t have to long and that they will offer an open API so people can use the information in their own applications.
Today I was lucky enough to walk Jacob to pre-school. It was a beautiful day to walk down to the lake, and Jacobs excitement about going to school makes it a special time. It don’t usually walk him, his class starts at 9:15 which means when I walk him I don’t get to work till close to 10 and that’s not something I can do every week. But today it worked out that I could and I was glad for it.
This morning while Violet napped Jacob was playing in his room. I found him drawing on his Doodle Pad. He was really getting into it. So maybe the Pre-school is paying off.
Today is a very special day for Melissa and I. It’s Annaversy of our first date. So we had big plans for the day. Breakfast out with the kids, then heading out to for a day of family fun. Finally we planned on dropping the kids off with Nana and Papa and heading out to a movie. Well every thing seemed to go wrong at breakfast, with Jacob having a massive tantrum as we were leaving the restaurant. It looked like our family day was going to be ruined. But naps heal all things, and after an early nap he was his cheerful self and went headed out for our day.
Our picture is from the outing. Jacob is ‘hiding’ behind the pole. So we thought it was strange to see a pole with arms.
Another day and another food picture. I think I’ve got to move away from taking snapshots of what I’m eating. It’ll be nice when the weather is nicer again and we spend more time out and about as a family. For now here is what Melissa had waiting for me when I got home.