Jim has been gone for 2 weeks. We've got 1 week and 1 day to go. The kids miss their daddy a lot. Larkin asks for him everyday which is hard because she's too young to understand. Rainey thinks he's still at the airport just hanging out or something. Rainey really needs her dad. She is very insecure without him. The smallest thing.....the wrong cup, the wrong cartoon, ANYTHING, and she's a disaster. She always gets this way when he's gone. Larkin is kind of the same, but she gets clingy...which is understandable, I'm very cool. I didn't even try to send her to nursery this past Sunday. That probably would have scarred her for life. So she came to primary with me and the rest of my little Sunbeams. Jacob seems to be doing okay, but he's sick of me and only me. I've been very blessed to be feeling as well as I do. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm on anxiety meds and they have been and HUGE blessing to our family, especially when Jim is gone. I'm able to be frustrated and tired, but still functioning without yelling at the kids. AND, I'm still enjoying them! Here's a funny little exchange between Larkin and Me....
background: I like to pretend to 'eat' Larkin's cheeks, neck, tummy, etc. So today after a diaper change, I was 'eating' her.
Me: I ate your cheeks!
Larkin: I eat you?
Me: okay.
She then takes a 'more than pretend' bite of my forehead
Me: what do I taste like?
Larkin: chocwate (chocolate)
Perfect.
