Daddy Day Care

Sophie's school is closed this week. Tammy worked out a schedule with some of the other moms from her class to provide coverage for each day. Today was special, since just about everybody (except Tammy and me) was off from work for President's Day. Tammy was going to stay home, but then she found about a meeting she couldn't miss. So, it was Daddy Day Care time!

One other mom, an accountant who is buried in work this time of year, asked if she could drop off her daughter. Sophie was excited about Abby being here since they're good friends and they attend ballet class together. Abby's brother (3^rd grade) came along too. I had to plan all indoor activities since the weather forecast called for torrential rains all day.

We had a blast. When they arrrived the kids started off playing video games and pinball, then Abby decided she was hungry. I made a big platter of bacon and eggs and toast and they proceeded to devour it. Sophie especially was ravenous (I guess she's growing again). Then we played Monopoly until it was time for lunch.

Tammy had promised Sophie and Abby that I'd make homemade chicken fingers. While they watched a movie I sliced up some chicken breasts, breaded them (adding parm cheese and lemon juice, my secret ingrediants), and fried them in batches. I put out a big plate of chicken fingers, and almost before I could turn around, they were gone. Yes, I made more.

It almost looked like the rain was going to stop, and the sun poked through for 15 minutes or so. I was going to bring the kids outside, and then another downpour struck. I set them up with arts and crafts (paper, markers, glue, scissors, and tape) and let them go to work. That took about 45 minutes, and we moved on to looking at stuff under the Bionic Eye. This is an amazing gadget that Sophie got from Santa. It magnifies stuff 200x and displays it on a TV screen. They had a lot of fun looking at each other's nose hairs! Sophie wanted to use it on her socks and that produced more fun. You can find all kinds of gross stuff at 200x magnification!

Abby's mom came by in late afternoon while we were finishing up the Monopoly game. They went home and Sophie and I played some computer games until Tammy was done with work.

Now it's bedtime, and I'm going to tuck Sophie in. I'm not sure who had more fun today, me or her, but we're both smiling!

Posted at 20:28 by Chris Wysocki   [/sophie]   Comments | Perm Link |   |   Tweet