So, I know it's been a long time. Three weeks of Mitch being here, then school finals, holiday programs, work, sick kids, blahblahblah. Being a single parent is way more work than I ever thought it would be. My God, the driving. Why do kids need to go to so many different places?
Okay, so here is a little glimpse of Mitch's time home in photos. We planned very little while he was home, and just mostly hung out doing normal stuff in reverse from the olden days. I went to work and he stayed home and cooked and drove kids and poured me a glass of wine when I walked in the door. Which RULED.
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| The dog did not leave his side the entire time he was home. He cried for days after he left again. |
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| This happened. A lot. |
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| I put on some eyelashes and we went to the Marine Ball |
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| The kids received medals from the Ambassador for sharing their Dad with the State Department |
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| Thanksgiving with our besties. |
On Mitch's last weekend home, we went with a group of friends to an adventure park. I know. Ew. But, we stayed in pousadas, which are like little rustic apartments. There was a campground there, too, but like I said, ew. We had a great time. The kids all signed up for rapelling down the waterfall cliffs, and I signed up for a change of underwear, but as luck would have it, it rained too much and it was too dangerous, so YAY! Rapelling was cancelled. The kids still got to go ziplining.
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| On the way to Salto Corumba, the adventure camp, we saw this overturned truck. Driving in Brazil is dangerous, yo. |
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| Outside our pousada. Not a leaf! |
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| There were two waterslides at the place. As you can see, the kids had a terrible time. Also, rules about how many kids can go on the slide at a time aren't a big deal. |
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| Jack |
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| Grace |
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| Olivia |
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| Henry |
Not shown: Me throwing up as my babies ziplined across a waterfall with a flooded river below.
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| There was an ice cream bar at Salto Corumba where you could build your own sundae, so THAT didn't suck. |
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| On the way home, there was another overturned truck. Apparently that's a thing here. |
And then the inevitable hard goodbye.
That part DID suck.
