Day 1 Without Daddy: We Did It....So Far

Early this morning, Greg left for Edmonton.  Ok, he left for work first, but Jack was picking him up from work so as far as we are concerned he was gone till Monday.  He is in Edmonton for the Grey Cup - tickets they purchased months and months ago with the hope that the Riders would be there.  

Finley made sure she was up to see her Daddy off while Penelope didn't see the need to get up so darn early.  She said her good byes last night.

Here are some photos of of Day1 without Daddy...

Finley hanging out watching Sesame Street while I started some laundry and did some cleaning...

Penelope had socks and shoes on when I went downstairs.  When I came up they were gone and I suspect that Finley had something to do with it as they were nowhere near Penelope's chair and I doubt she got up and moved them.....

Finley kissing the purple dude from Abby's Flying Fairy School - her favourite part of Sesame Street.  Once this was over, we got into the car and started driving.  I had to pick up some things at Planet Organic and then decided to pop into Giant Tiger where Finley got some crayons + construction paper + Penelope got a new teething toy.

Finley was acting all crazy and somehow I managed to get this photo which I absolutely LOVE.  It is so awesome!

Penelope clearly enjoying the little back time that she gets each day.  She's either always sitting in her Bumbo or lying in her Tumzee so she clearly takes advantage of this time....

Somehow this photo is in the wrong spot.  It was Finley dancing to the theme song of Elmo's World.  She saw the Sesame Street float during the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade and went absolute banana's.

I put Finley's monkey in front of Penelope while she was in her Tumzee.  Penelope looks intrigued but Finley was not impressed and took it back immediately.

I asked Finley to bring over some baby toys for Penelope to see while she was in her Tumzee.  She did and then promptly took them and put them away.  She is not too fond of sharing her stuff....

I asked Finley what she wanted for lunch and I turned around and she handed me the bread and peanut butter.  She clearly wanted a peanut butter sandwich - 3 to be exact.  She ate 3 sandwiches, 2 oranges and a glass of milk for lunch.  She was clearly very hungry.

Finley had left some of  her tools in Penelope's chair and when I set her in, I gave the toys to her to play with.  As you can see, she was having a blast playing with them...

But Finley soon saw and yes, you guessed it, she took them away

We spent part of the afternoon coloring before both Finley + Penelope went down for a nap.  I was making formula and it was quite quiet and I had assumed Finley was just enjoying her coloring but it turns out she was eating her crayons.  Next time, I must pay closer attention when she is coloring.  Thankfully all the coloring was limited to the proper materials....

 More tummy time!  She enjoys looking at herself in the mirror.  Finley was the same way.

Finley watching Penelope play with some toys while on the Tumzee

Finley sharing her supper with Iggy.  Look at the cat hair on the stairs.  I vacuumed on Wednesday and you can't even tell.  So tempted to shave the cats sometimes!  I made a ham last night just so we could have leftovers tonight since I don't particularly like to cook but Greg emailed me and told me he took them to work today instead of his lunch.  I was not very happy.  So we had Boston Pizza instead.  I was so looking forward to those leftovers.

Finley and Penelope cuddling on the couch before bed.  Finley asked to hold her but soon got impatient. She does love her little sister though - most of the time...

Finley using the Tumzee as a chair to watch Kung Fu Panda's Holiday.  It was on the other night but she didn't get a chance to watch it

Finley in her grobag.  She wears a grog still mostly because she hates using blankets so she gets cold in the night.

She will use her Max Daniel blanket but she's getting too tall and doesn't cover as much but she has to sleep with it - it's part of her bedtime routine.  This was after 7 stories....

Penelope getting ready for bed.  She loves her mobile playing.  Thankfully I can put her down fully awake and she is asleep before the mobile quits playing!

So I we survived the first day without any help from anybody.  It is the first time ever I have been with the kids overnight by myself and will have to do it for the next 3 days.  Thankfully, both Finley and Penelope were very well behaved which made it so much easier!

Both girls are in bed and I am taking advantage of Greg being away for the weekend and watching Eat Love Pray with Julia Roberts.  So far, I am loving it.  Perhaps I will blog on that sometime next week.

Hopefully tomorrow goes just as well as today!!