Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Eventually they Grow Up- Now What?

I have to thank my parents.  Every couple of years they offer to take the kids so we can go off and just be a couple.  When they visit they always suggest that we take a night together away from kid responsibilities.  We usually take them up on the vacation offer, not always on the evening offer.  Still it has stressed to us the importance of maintaining our relationship beyond our children.

This is our first summer sans children.  Keren, Gavi, and Jesse are all at camp.  Mostly we're working around the house.  There's a lot that needs to be done since we bought it, and if we don't do it ourselves it won't happen.  Still, here we are, no children.  There are no karate classes to run to, no meals we have to make for them, and no worrying about being home for them.  Today we planned a day just for us.  We made a picnic lunch (potato leek soup, smiked tuna and halibut, crackers, and cucumber salad- not what the kids would eat), and we headed to Centre Island with our bikes.  Our day went from 2-9 PM.  There were no worries, no curfew.  It was a lovely day together.

The ferry home was filled with families.  There were moms and dads and extended families all juggling children, diapers, snacks, and bathroom breaks.  Sean and I just sat back and watched, our day made all the sweeter by watching what we were missing.

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