This school year, I made a decision to try to take off from work when the kids have off from school.  Technically, AJ isn’t in school but if Kiki is home I like to keep him home from daycare.  Realistically, I can’t escape from work every time the school is closed. It’s just not plausible.  Let’s face it, I would eat through my vacation hours rather quickly.  But the random day here and there is certainly manageable.

Where is all this coming from?

Recently it dawned on me that my babies aren’t really babies anymore.  In the blink of an eye, they’re 8 and almost 4.  This slap in the face from Father Time seemed to have happened 3 weeks ago when my brother and his wife welcomed their first born into the world.  Seeing the pictures of how tiny she is made me realize just how fast my kids are growing up.

Kiki has off the next 2 days for parent teacher conferences.  So my husband and I took off these two days as well.  Today we have our conference with her teacher and then I think we will go see Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.

Tomorrow we are off to the aquarium for their Halloween special “Creep in the Deep.”  I am really looking forward to this family day trip.  We have never been there and I think the kids are going to have a great time.  Plus there is some sort of Spongebob 4D attraction that we are going to try out.  The height requirement for that is 36″ and when I measured my little man the other day he seems to be scraping by at 38″.  Keep your fingers crossed that the aquarium measures the same way I did!

Having said all that, I know these next two days are not going to be all rainbows and butterflies.  There is going to be fighting and tattling and whining and me thinking, “Why did I take off from work?!”    But in the end, hopefully there will be some fun memories made for the kids…and a nice bottle of wine for the husband and I when we get home!