When Mommy is away, you know what they say ...

... us kids,
we shall play,
and play and play and play,
all night and all day!!!      - Emery

Mommy had to fly away for a boring work trip and we kids got stuck behind with boring old Daddy, so we just had to make the best of it ... here is a sampling of how it went ...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAY 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emery likes to lift weights with 

Daddy early in the morning ...

... and then decorates her face, 
just like Mommy does each and every morning!!!

Next up is playing fun Daddy games! Here's a video of how Daddy likes to "play" with us ...

At the end of the day it's "bath time" ... well, 
this is how Daddy does baths when Mommy is away ...

... good thing there is an extra hair dryer 

to use when Mommy isn't around ...

 

... and right before bedtime we like to 
read stories to each other ...

... and because of Mommy's absence, we deciding 
that the middle of the living room was a better 
place to sleep then our boring old separate bedrooms!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAY 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emery takes a trip to Avery's school!!!

Emery and Avery love running all around the school playground ...

... sliding down all the slides ...

... meeting all of Avery's fun friends ...

... playing all sorts of schoolyard games ...

... and especially hanging out with best friend Chiara!!!

Next it was time to watch Avery in her big musical debut ...

... she was an eagle and had a great one-liner 
to the wild jackrabbit when he was talking tough ... 
"Prove it!!!"

Then after school we went roller skating ...

... and 4-wheeling ...

... and made friends with famous people like Elmo ...

... and ended the day hanging out with 

good friends like Sophie!!!

Here's a video of Avery hula-hooping at Sophie's house ...

Then at the end of another day, bath-time 
(in the house this time) ...

... before heading straight to bed after the long day ... Emery opting 
for her bed this night after feeling "too squashed" the previous night ...

... where Avery still loved the pillow-bed 
much more than her own bed!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAY 3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The last full day without Mommy was absolutely outrageous ... 

we went to a huge birthday party for Abir ...

... then to storytime outside in the cool shade ...

... then we started an impromptu music circle ...

... then invited a bunch of friends over to the house to play ...

... where it got sort of rowdy ...

 ... like, really REALLY rowdy ...

... where Emery even got a very nasty boo-boo ...

... so we spent the rest of the time Mommy was away 

mostly relaxing and reading good books, like the blog!!!