Kat-I got your luminary $ last night. Thanks so much for supporting the cause, sorry you lost loved ones to cancer. I know it is rough... The benefit I went to Saturday was for a local man with esophogeal cancer, they were selling Tshirts that said Cancer Sucks...
Mindfull, you win the prize! He wanted to talk about the plan. He was concerned about the first time the kids coming over, them staying for four days, and the first two being school nights...how that transition would affect them.
I had said the same thing on the boards here after my parenting class, however I was not going to challenge him on days he was entitled to having the kids. So he asked my opinion, I said I agreed that was a lot of change all at once for a three year old.
So they are going to spend the evening with him Weds unpacking and putting their clothes away in the closet/dresser and getting acclimated. Then Thursday they will go over for dinner. Then Friday he will have them for the weekend, overnight both nights.
He also looked at the two full suitcases I had on the couch (I packed after kids were in bed) and he thanked me for taking the time to pack, making sure the kids had familiar things, and for saving him having to go shopping for all new things. He also told me he wanted to pay for whatever I bought yesterday (undies, pjs, toiletries)...
Then he said he had honestly not looked in the storage shed to see what all I had put in there over the months (dishes, towels, blankets, kid toys/books, etc), but he thanked me again for taking the time/making the effort to get things sorted. He apoloziged for being crabby Sunday (the day I was bawling!) and said he was just tired from traveling and getting his house ready. But, that he appreciated all I had done.
He has his parenting class tonight. I hope that gives him some more perspective on the whole thing and making things smooth as possible for the kids.
