Valentine Sweet Treats: Donuts with Dad!

So many Valentine's Days in the past have been spent alone...this year it was a family affair. Daddy and Will got up early and surprised Stella and Mommy with Fresh Donuts and cards. UMMMMM so good! And Stella and Will enjoyed a new book each that we snuggled around the kitchen table in our PJ's and robes with milk and coffee to read to each other on a frigid wintry morning. Next we bundled up and drove to Fort Worth to the Nature Science Museum and had a blast. Fun Times!

The Child In Us All....

Dallas was blanketed in 10 - 12 inches of snow (depending on who is counting) last week. I was in Miami all week for a National Sales Meeting and managed Ts anxiety from afar over School letting out early and School Closings, not to mention getting 2 kids out the door every morning by himself by 7:30. Fortunately, the new job allows him to work from home in these situations. But for a "new at this 9-5 thing" Dad, by the time I walked in the door on Friday night he was frazzled and bewildered. There is a system & a schedule when working from home with kids. Wear 'em out early, long naps and carefully orchestrated t.v. and craft time. T has been with Davita Rx as an IT support analyst for 3 weeks and I have already been out of town 2 out of the 3. Whew! We have relished him being home and have begun to settle in to a routine family life.