Spending the day with my kids

Ok, so I haven't been on in a while either. Too many distractions at home sometimes. Actually, it's hard to get on the computer when Ty is connected online with his Xbox. He would play all day if I let him. I did get him off long enough to help Brian to mow the yard and rake up the leaves on Sunday afternoon. And, he helped me move the couch. I got a wild ambition to rearrange the living room. I like it, it seems a little cozier. I hope I can leave it that way for the holidays too. Will just have to find a new place for my tree.

Well, yesterday I took my kids shopping. I figured that Brian would be sleeping most of the day and he already had planned to take his daughter to get her haircut. I won't even go into the pain that turned out to be. But, shopping with my kids was actually pretty fun. We all kind of share the same sense of humor and they didn't even pick on each other as badly as they have in the past.

KJ needed basketball shoes and that is the main reason that we went. Of course, there were other things that I had to battle her against getting, because after all, she is my daughter and she enjoys shopping and getting new girlie things. Luckily, I held her off. Ty is the one who I thought needed things, but he said he had enough jeans to wear. I thought he might need some sweatshirts for the cooler weather, but he said that all he really needs is one, as long as, that one is clean. I did end up buying him one. Gotta love him. He is so easy to buy for.

We tried to stop by to get his license reinstated, but unfortunately, his dad hadn't gotten the SR-22 insurance filed soon enough, so he will have to go back and try later this week or wait until next week, when they are off for parent teacher conferences. I did have a chat about their report cards over lunch. They both said that they were doing well, even in the ones that I was a little worried about. I guess we will see for sure when I retrieve them. I'm glad that I don't really have to speak with their teachers much. They are basically good students. KJ struggles a little with organization and it usually takes one night of sitting out a game for her to get back on track. She doesn't like that much. And, neither do I.

Like I said, I really enjoyed the day with my kids. We laughed together, talked, and just all around had a good day. I have to enjoy them as much as I can before they are grown and moved away from me. I sometimes wonder if they talk with their dad as much as they talk with me. It seems they are starved for my attention when they come each week. Some days, when I get home from work, I can hardly break away to go to the bathroom, without them stopping me to share what they did the previous week. But, I wouldn't change it for the world. I love them and I have really enjoyed watching them grow into adolescents. They test my nerves sometimes, but I don't think I could ask for much better kids.

I was complaining about Brian's ex to them as we got home and of course, I was just blowing off steam. Ty looked at me and asked if I would like him and his friends to egg her house!! HA! I almost agreed to it if he wouldn't get caught, but of course, he said he was just kidding and I would never actually let him do that no matter how mad she would make me. That wouldn't be very Christian of me, would it. He just laughed. I hated to take them back to their dad after such a great day, but at least I got to spend the day with them rather than sending them off to school and me going off to work in the morning. That means the week without them will be that much shorter. Besides, they usually have to come back to my house for something anyway. Like, KJ's cell phone charger which is sitting on my dining room table waiting for her right now.

I suppose I had better wind things down here at work for the evening before I go home. It hasn't been too busy, I've only been interrupted in my typing a few times. :)