flying solo

The title of this post has a double meaning.  First of all, this weekend is the first time I have had to practice solo parenting of two since Paul is out of town.  What does a mom do to entertain a very busy almost three-year-old and a perpetually hungry 6-month-old?  Well, we spent a lot of time in the playroom and kitchen!  Unfortunately, it is just TOO hot to play outside for very long and I am not quite ready to brave the pool alone with both kiddos.  After two full days of missing daddy,  Emma Jane had just about had it with boring old mom! 

To break up the just mommy monotony, I helped Emma Jane make a "kite" today. She's been asking for one ever since she saw some flying over the beach a few weeks ago. I knew this kite wouldn't actually work, but I didn't let Emma Jane know that. We designed and decorated the kite together while Vivi took her morning nap. Then I took Emma Jane outside to try it out. She grabbed the end of the kite string and ran as fast as she could all over the yard and up and down the sidewalks. As long as the kite was above ground, she thought it was flying. She was so proud to be flying her kite solo! After our kite flying adventure, we woke Vivi up and went to the new frozen yogurt place to celebrate Emma Jane's new kite flying skills.  Vivi is still happy to watch her sister having all the fun, but I have a feeling that this will be coming to an end very soon.