A First

I never have a problem dropping Luke off at Punky's in the morning. Well, I shouldn't exactly say that. Everyday I feel that mommy guilt. Everyday. I walk back to my car after saying "love you, have fun, bye bye" and wish that I could spend the whole day with him instead of going to work, but then I remember how happy and excited he is to see Jamie in the morning and try to get on with my day as best I can. Lately he has been almost taking off out of my arms before I can even get a hug and a kiss in there. He hears the kids in the other room and heads straight to his chair to eat some breakfast. The only time the mornings are a little rough is when Jamie isn't there and Punky greets everyone in the morning. The kids all love Punky, but they don't love seeing her in the morning. It totally throws them off and Luke is included. Jamie was off last week for a couple of days and Luke was a little hesitant to go in the first day and the second day he full out cried (broke my heart). So we are always thankful when we see Jamie there in the morning, luckily she barely takes any time off!

Pick up time is always great. As excited as he is when I drop him off in the morning, Luke is at least 10 times more excited to see me (or Wally) when I pick him up and that makes me a very happy momma! His little legs go as fast as they can to get to me and I get the biggest hug and smile ever! He waves and says bye to everyone and off we go.

But today was different. He was still just as equally excited to see me, but he wasn't quite ready to go home!

I pulled up to the house and went to walk into the house, but the door was locked, which means the kids are in the backyard. So I headed to the back and as I peaked over the fence, I saw Lukey running out of the house into the backyard. He seemed super excited to get outside! Punky unlocked the gate for me, and he saw me as soon as I walked in. He came running up to me, like always, but then he just as quickly pointed to the yard and said 'ball'. He was off to get the basketball that was in the grass. And then he was off to climb on this tiny tricycle they have out there, and then he was off to stand on the scooter with training wheels, then he was off to try to climb the slide steps (until he was told to get down), and then.....he just kept going. Everytime I tried to tell him it was time to go home, he would run off to do something else. He just got outside, he wasn't ready to leave. So we played for a bit with everyone and then unfortunately, I had to just pick him up and go. He was not happy for about, oh 10 seconds. Once he saw the car, he was good. But that was a first...he was having too much fun to go home. He loves being outside! We finally made it home and had our own fun! We made mini pizzas (on english muffins) and Luke helped to sprinkle the cheese - he thought that was pretty cool. Although it was a 'some cheese for the pizza and some cheese for me' kind of a deal! :)