I have been awfully bad about making time to blog for quite a while but this summer I'm going to use the blog to document my 2 1/2 months of being a full-time stay at home dad and part-time consultant.
For a little bit of background, check out my blog post about my trip to Haiti where I talk about leaving my successful corporate finance job to launch my own professional services firm and free up our family's schedule a bit so that we can invest in the things that are most important to us (people). The start-up has gone pretty well but since things were still a little slow, we decided to pull the boys out of daycare for the summer and start "The Daddy Experiment".
This is the first week of the new arrangement and we haven't had any trips to the hospital and there hasn't been too many tears although I have to admit that I did cry a little (okay, a lot) when Eli stepped on my boy parts while we were wrestling.
Our first day of The Daddy Experiment was Tuesday, May 29th and it got off to a pretty good start as I was up for about an hour before the boys woke up and I was able to spend some time reading my bible and mentally preparing myself for this new adventure. When the boys woke up, I made a big batch of chocolate chip pancakes, we ate breakfast, played outside a bit, trip to Wal-Mart to get fishing supplies, and then went to the library where Eli ran up and down the aisles yelling "go go go" the entire time we were there. We returned from the library in time for naps. After naps, more playing outside. Day #1 down, pretty uneventful and everyone survived.
On day number two for The Daddy Experiment, we woke up to pancakes (love having those ready to go) the hooked up the bike trailer for the first time. We bought the trailer last winter from some friends but we hadn't used it yet. Well, one ride in the trailer and the boys were hooked! We took two lengthy rides before nap time, only stopping long enough to have some lunch and take potty breaks. After naps, it was another bike ride followed by a trip to the pool. Day #2 much better than day #1 but daddy's legs and bottom are pretty sore from driving a rickshaw all over Hamilton County.
Day #3 (today) was our most action packed day yet. We woke up early, ate some breakfast, got bundled up, changed multiple stinky diapers, bundled up again (it started off a little brisk this morning), got on the bike and went off to explore Cool Creek Park in Westfield. Cool Creek is a pretty awesome park with 2 playgrounds right next to each other. It is about a 5 mile bike ride to get there (it's also a 5 mile car ride but it is a much easier 5 miles by car). The boys had a great time on the playgrounds and exploring the Cool Creek Park Nature Center which has a bunch of snakes and turtles and stuff to look at. After Cool Creek we rode the bike over to Chipotle for lunch. The boys (especially me) were very hungry after such an active morning and we finished every last bite of our meals. Then we rode back home and Eli fell asleep in the bike trailer (his head on Kai's shoulder...Kai loved it). We got home at nap time and Eli went straight to sleep while Kai fought me a bit before giving in as well. After nap and snack, we played golf outside in the back yard and watched a storm blow in so we picked up our toys and headed out to Chick-Fil-A to use a coupon that expired today and play on their playground. After Chick-Fil-A, we came home and played outside in the rain running up and down the sidewalks and splashing in all the puddles.
Kai has been looking forward to his summer with daddy and Eli for quite a while and put together a list of things that he would like to do. I will put all of those items in a blog post later but I have to admit that it is nice to know what he would like to do so that when I see an opportunity I already know that he'll like it.
What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly! - Job 40:16
Thursday, May 31, 2012
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