Week with Dad

A few weeks ago I was sent to Washington D.C. for work to present at the American Public Health Association conference. Daniel obligingly arranged his schedule so that he could try out my life for a week and save me from having to arrange other childcare. It was kind of weird for me since I had never been away from my boys even for a night. Okay, once Jaxon spent the night at a the neighbors house, but that is it. Wow, life doesn't seem very complicated until you start writing down the schedule for each day and all the things that need to be considered. I wasn't sure Daniel would survive... After dropping my off at the airport they headed up to Signal-de-Bougy, an amazing park up on the mountain.


With bumper boats...
And bumper cars...
it was clear that nobody was missing me!


It just so happened that I was gone over Halloween, so I missed a lot of the action, but Daniel did not disappoint me with his festiveness.



He was even brave enough to take them treat-or-treating in a country where they don't really trick-or-treat.
There are advantages and disadvantages to trick-or-treating somewhere that it is fairly uncommon. You have fewer people prepared to offer candy...

But you end up with some pretty good booty when people start rummaging through their cupboards. The kids also made a good amount of money.


This is a token picture of the church Halloween party we went to the night before I left. Not the best picture, but it was a great party!

I loved being at the conference, though it was crazy, busy and it was a great experience for me professionally. When I got home from D.C., everyone seemed to appreciate me more than ever (especially Daniel!), even though they had a good time. Jaxon enjoyed my pictures Washington D.C., especially Barack Obama's house. Daniel did remark later on, "Huh, the kids didn't take a bath the whole time you were gone." So, if I weren't around, they would survive, but they would be stinky!