Collin and Mommy's First Date Without Daddy

Collin and I have started a calendar system for while Daddy's gone to help us get through the weeks. Collin is having some trouble both adjusting to going to school five days a week and to Daddy being gone, which was of course, expected. So, we have a calendar on the refrigerator that he puts stamps on every morning to check off every day towards Saturday, which is his Mommy and Collin "date" day. (We'll send him to therapy later to deal with the issues associated with dating his mother--what? No woman will ever be better than me for him anyway right? Right? Right?!!) 

At the beginning of the week he picks out a Saturday activity and we stamp out every morning towards our Saturday "date" and countdown. He really, really, really looked forward to it this first week and I hope it keeps working as we transition and he has more things to look forward too, like his first visit with Daddy sometime next month! 

This week, we went to Color Me Mine in Torrance and he got to pick whatever he wanted to paint. I was a little worried we'd end up with another questionable item, as he selected Tinkerbell last time. He talked about a dinosaur all week, but the T-Rex was $89 and I had to put my foot down.

We even invited Austin to come along. They both settled on robots. Collin chose to paint his robot every color in the store. I'm sure that when we pick him up next week after he's glazed and fired, he won't be as ugly as I remember him. Collin and I actually had some sassy-mouth words about him needing to stop "mixing" colors as he was calling it so he could actually finish the robot before next Saturday's date. He was painting the same spot over and over and over again in hundreds of colors and refusing to paint anywhere else. Alas, it may never dry.

Considering we had two preschool boys in a store chock-full of breakable items and paint, I was very proud of them. Not a single thing got broken and neither one of them was covered in paint. They were pretty good. They only reduced to covering their eyes with the sponges and calling themselves "sponge-eyes" during the last few minutes. Overall, they were really good.

Next Week's Date: Making Star Wars Build-A-Bears. He's already really excited. He says he wants to make Darth Vader. Thank goodness for coupons!