The weekend just gone saw me take on sole parenting duties for 4 days while ness took a well earned weekend away. I was a little nervous to say the list. The little girl hadn't spent a night without mum let alone three, so I was a little worried how she/I would cope.
I had a pretty busy schedule planned with the idea that if I ran them hard all day they'd sleep well at night.
The little girl and I spent most of Friday out and about while her brother was at kindy punctuated with trips to the train set and duplo. Of course we might have visited a coffee shop or two.
The first night went fairly well. Both the kids went to bed pretty well and the little girl was only up for a couple of hours. But they both started the day pretty early with 430 wake ups.
The first stop on the daddy "wear the kids out" weekend was the rail museum that was having a model train show.
There were train rides and the most popular attraction the Lego train set.
A storm threw a spanner in my plans and I ended up leaving a bit early. On the plus side the kids were asleep at 4:30pm. Unfortunately that meant another 430am start to the day and the little girl with a bit of tummy bug. But a trip to the bird sanctuary at Currumbin was on the cards for today and a sleep in the car on the way seemed to sort them out.
The biggest hit was the magic show and feeding the kangaroos (several times over)
Although the little one did save us from a python.
I must confess we may have had a short trip to Nan's after the park where daddy might have snuck a nap before driving two exhausted kids home for another nights sleep.
Monday I took the kids to the cafe for hot chocolates and freckles (they come with the coffees) partly as their last weekend treat and because I'd forgotten milk and was in need of a coffee.
All in all I had a fantastic weekend. Both kids were angels and any of my fears were unfounded with the little girl sleeping. I really enjoyed the whole time and made me really look forward to my 4 days at work next year so we can have a few more daddy long weekend adventures.
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