Rich accepted a new job in the middle of December which we are very excited about; however, it has meant that for January and February he has basically been gone Monday-Friday for different trainings for the new company. Thankfully his last week of training is the week of February 17th so we are almost done and then he will be working out of our home which will be a whole new transition. Although I have to say that during the last two weeks in December, once he started the new job, he was working from home and we loved it so hoping that it continues to be just as great! He will still travel a bit but probably just for a few nights once or twice a month (basically what he was doing with his previous job.)
We have made it work with him being gone and are making the best of it. We send him lots of pictures and have been face timing as much as we can (thank goodness for technology.) Here are a few of the pictures from the beginning of the month that we have sent to him.
Lots of time on our bikes and playing outside to keep them busy and burn energy. This picture just makes me laugh!
Joseph wanted to send him this picture because he cleaned up all by himself without being asked to! However, when I went to look more closely all of the toys were just thrown into a huge pile behind our toy bin between the couches! I even found sippy cups and bowls there so although it looks pretty good, he still has some work to do!
Sent this one to Daddy of Joseph bowling...notice the "pins" which are the wine glasses (plastic, don't worry!) turned upside down and his baseball for the bowling ball. The life vest just makes the picture extra special!
One week Ella threw up in the car after giving her a toddler formula that I had received as a sample that I didn't read carefully and contained milk (ugh!) and then the following day she had pooped in the bathtub, with Joseph in it!! Of course, those things never happen when Daddy is home!! Other than that it has been pretty uneventful just busy and typical days!
Except for the following picture which could have turned out much worse...Joseph and Ella enjoy throwing things off of our balcony into our foyer. Normally they throw clothes or stuffed animals and they just think it is hilarious so we let them do it. Well, every once in awhile Joseph will throw something and it will get stuck in our chandelier...his batman underwear got stuck one day and all day I meant to get on the ladder and get them down but kept forgetting until I was giving the kids a bath and started smelling burnt rubber in the house. I was getting a little nervous wondering what it could be until I looked over the balcony and saw his underwear on the chandelier and then it came together! I quickly turned off the light (after I got the kids out of the bath!) and ran downstairs and got the ladder to get the underwear. You can see that they have a burnt mark on them as well as on the lightbulb! Sent the picture to Daddy that night! At least the fire alarm didn't go off so I didn't have to deal with that, too.
We are definitely looking forward to the trainings to be done and having him back home again!
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