We Are Free

Quailty Time

The next morning we all sleep in. When we finally get up it was 11:00. I fix the kids something to eat and we sit down at the table to eat.
     "Can we build my doll house after this?" Emily asks me.
     "Yeah we can do that." I tell her.
     "Yay I waited to open my new barbies so they can live in the house."
     "Yeah."
     "Yeah and I'm excited to help make it."
     "Me too." We finish eating I put the dishes in the dishwasher and I put Andrew in front of the tv. I get the tools I need to build it and go to her room I grab the box and put it on its side. I open the box with a pocket knife and she pulls the pieces out.
     She has to crawl into the box to get some pieces out. We put the wrapping that came in the box to protect the doll house in the box again. We unwrap all the big pieces and put the garbage in the box.
     I find the instructions. We start building the house. She finds pieces and tightens things down. She hold pieces and hands me things.
     "This is fun." She says to me as she holds a piece in.
     "Yes it is." I say as I finish screwing done the piece she was holding.
     "I like it when we spend time together."
     "Me to."
     "This is going to be a big house."
     "Yes it is."
     "When we are done, can you open my barbies?"
​     "Yeah sure why not." I say and she smiles.
      "I'm glad Halo came to my party and Zac and Anna but mostly Halo."
     "You like Halo hu?" I ask her knowing the answer plain as day.
     "Yeah she's fun to play with and be with."
     "Yes she is."
     "I hope you guys date then maybe I will have a sister."
     "You hope we date."
     "Yeah and I hope she moves in and then you guys get married. I'm going to be the flower girl and then you guys have babies and I become an auntie."
​     "You have this all planned out don't you?"
     "Yeah and I get to hold the baby and play with her."
     "Her."
     "Yeah it's going to be a girl."
     "Well what if it's a boy?"
     "I will still love it and play with it."
     "You're sweet."
     "Then we can all live happily ever after."
     "Yes we can."
     "I like Zac to though."
     "Everyone likes Zac he is just likable."
     "Yeah he is."
     "Are you excited to start school?"
     "Yeah, will you miss me?"
     "Of course I will miss you because I love having you around."
      "When does school start?"
     "September 1 have to go get you school supplies."
     "Can I go with?"
     "Yeah you can go with that would be nice."
     "I will miss you when I'm at school."
     "You will?"
     "Yeah and Andrew I won't have him to play with."
​​​​     "Buy you will make friends and you can play with them when you go outside to play. When you can come home and play with Andrew."
     "Okay what if I don't make friends.?"     
     "You will make friends."
     "Are you sure?"
     "Positive."
     "Could they come over to play with me?"
     "Yeah and maybe you could go play with them."
     "I would like that."
     "Okay." We continue to build the house I check on Andrew a couple times.  2 hours later we finish the house. I put it where she wants it and she grabs her barbies.
     While I open the barbies she sets the furniture up. I hand her her barbies dolls and then I open the clothes and shoes. She puts them in the house and then lays her barbies down.
     "Can we play with play dough?" She asks me.
     "Are you sick of the house for now?"
     "Yeah it was a lot of work and I need a break from it."
     "Okay we can play with the play dough." I got her a big box with every play dough color and a bunch of building materials in it. I pick it up it was slightly on the heavy side.
     I put it on the kitchen table and get Andrew. I put him at the table and open the box.
     "Don't mix the play dough up then you can't use it." I say to them.
     "Okay." Emily says.
     "Okay." Andrew copies her.
     "What color would you like?" I ask Emily.
     "Blue." I hand her the blue play  dough.
     "What color would you like Andrew."
     "Green." I hand him the green play dough he has been talking more but he is also almost 3. I pull the other colors out of the box and the tools out I open the tools and lay them on the table with the play dough.
     We play with it for an hour and a half before they get sick of it. Emily helps me put the play dough back in the box. I wash and dry the tools she puts them in the box.
     I wash the table down and put the box away. It was 4:30 so I start dinner. Emily comes out with her big doll. It was 18 inches tall. She holds it under her arm.
     "Ace drink."
     "What do you say?"
     "Please." I get him a juice box and open it for him I give it to him and he walks away. I get Emily one. She opens it and throws the wrapper for the straw away then leaves the kitchen to.
     I finish making dinner then get their plates. I put their plates and some milk at the table. They sit at the table and we eat dinner. After dinner I put cartoons on for them and they watch them while I clean the kitchen.
    When I finish cleaning the kitchen I start the dishwasher again. Then I sit down with them and watch cartoons to. When 7:30 comes around I put them to bed. I'm glad that Emily and I had some time together. I'm sure she was glad to.