5 Days with the Kids - Day 1

Brian left for Portland, OR today. He will be presenting at "Rails Conference". We both went last year but with Lisa having to wear contacts and the shoes I am uncomfortable with leaving her with anyone right now. She needs a lot of special time. I am going to miss him but I just keep reminding myself that it is only till Monday. It started off as a great night. I picked Ana up from school at 2:50 p.m and we went to Shopko to pick up a prescription. I purchased a disposable camera for Ana to take on her field trip tomorrow. She is going to the Minnesota Zoo and Museum. I ordered pizza for supper and we watched " Curious George". I love this movie. Then I asked her to go and take a shower and she becomes defiant. She finally gets in the shower and is in there for a long time so I went in there to get her out. She starts screaming that there is no towel. So I told her to get out and get one out of the closet. Then she finally got dresses and I asked her to make her lunch for her trip tomorrow and she got irritated about that. Because she couldn't take anything cold. I am not sure what was going on so I sent her to her room to calm down. I went up and had a talk with her and I told her that when she calms down to come back down stairs so I could spend time with her. She finally did about 20 minutes later. We ended the night on a good note with stories and prayers.