OK, so H came over today. He met us in town at Subway, sat and ate with us and took D for ice cream while I took son to the drugstore for a few things. He said I was dressing out D just like me - that he could see me wearing what she had on - not sure if it was compliment, critique, or observation.

We came home, did a speedy Easter egg hunt (D loves it and asked if we could have one in the yard). Then nap time for kids. H wanted to see pics from our trip, then asked if I'd watched one of our regular shows. So we watched and sat around, he started some laundry for me.

He asked if we could take the kids out for a hike since the weather is nice. We went to wake them up and I crawled in D's bed while he got the baby. Well, he dropped baby into bed and crawled into the other side. we rolled them around the beds/floor/upstairs and played for a good hour, then took them to the playground for an hour. H gave son and I a horsey ride - it cracked D up to see baby on his back and me scrambling behind to keep up. D cried in the car on the way back from the playground about daddy going back to work and no daddy bye bye..... He got in at 1 and left close to 7:30. I gave him a hug when he said bye - it's felt comfortable and natural since the surgery. He just texted "wasn't it fun, playing with the kids this afternoon" Maybe i'll write back later, when the kids have gone to sleep.


Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.
--Stanislaw Lem