Mr. Mom

One of the joys (and I mean that, seriously) of being out of work is that I get to spend time with my children. Really, the schedule I had did not allow for much recreational time, especially for Elijah, when he is in school. So, I've enjoyed being home, despite certain pressures to go back to work (yes, I hear you, Mr. Mortgage!).

At any rate, since I've been out of work, Kari has been working. Not full time, but enough to let me see what she goes through every day I work. Man! That wife of mine is busy. I'm not even sure how she keeps the house clean. But hey! The kids are still alive and mostly presentable, so I'm not doing too poorly.

A few weeks ago, I decided it was time to rake the leaves. Even though we don't have trees any more, our neighbors do. No biggie. However, I was at home alone with the kids, because Kari was at that Hickory Farms place. So, I invited the kids to come out and "help" me. Despite the fact that the raking did not get finished until several weeks later (last week, to be exact), it was fun.


Ally and Elijah, enjoying/destroying a pile of leaves I raked up..




Lauren was just a little too timid to join in the games, so she gathered up leaves.




Eventually, they all got in a leaf throwing contest (or something). Good times for all. I wisely stayed out of it, all the better for taking pictures.

We actually went to the park that day, too. More fun was had. I don't need to show too many pictures, do I? Actually, I thought these pictures were the more fun of the day's set, so that's why I'm posting them.

With all this fun, who has time to go back to work? Hmmm. Maybe I can convince Kari she wants to work full time . . .