Lunch with Daddy

This week has been a little rough on Maddie. Having to watch your siblings get to attend a super-fun camp can be tough. Especially when they have HUGE, colorful bouncy houses and every water game imaginable going strong when we pull in the parking lot to drop them off. Seriously. I know I am not the only mom pulling out after drop-off with a crying child. And I think that is why the donut shop down the street from camp has gotten a little more traffic lately. Maddie almost made the cut-off for camp, and I am secretly glad she didn't. I think I would have a hard time letting her run off into a sea of children and not be fearful she would get squashed by some pre-teen going mach 5 down the waterslide. It was hard enough letting Grace go and not worrying whether she will have someone to sit by at lunch, or that the girls in her group will be nice. And if anyone is mean, I want names and descriptions please. :) Letting go really stinks sometimes.

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So, Maddie and I have had some quality time together this week, and I'm making my week with only 1 child r-e-a-l-l-y productive. We placed an S.O.S call to daddy today to meet him for lunch at his work. Maddie had fun getting ready, and picking out the perfect dress to wear for our lunch with daddy. Nevermind the fact that the town he works in only has about 4 restaurants to choose from, and usually revolve around fried chicken and red beans and rice. She ate watermelon until I thought she was going to be sick, and had the best time. And, more importantly, it helped take her mind off all the bouncy house/water slide/water shooting canons she is being tortured with on a daily basis.