Papas are such a special and wonderful thing! Especially when they take time from their busy lives to come to Kentucky and babysit Clara while Mrs. Connie is on vacation for the week so that mommy doesn't have to take time off work. And it's been nice having the extra hands since Aaron is super busy this next 2 1/2 weeks. He's attending WLC, which is the Warrior Leadership Course at Ft. Knox. All Sergeants have to complete this course before they can be promoted to Staff Sergeant. It's pretty much 18 days of training exercises, classes, drills, and bunch of other things I'm sure, that keep him on post about 15-24 hours a day. So needless to say, he's not going to be around much until after graduation day on April 13th.
My dad came down Sunday afternoon after a lengthy countdown the days leading up to it. Clara was so excited and couldn't wait for him to get here. A simple explanation of how many "night nights" until he came seemed to help put it in perspective.
Clara is simply in love with her Papa and I a get the impression it's a mutual thing! My dad is so good with her. Patient, helpful, and over-attentive as a Papa should be. He's even got the whole potty training thing down! Clara has kept up her 2-3+ times a day potty successes with Papa's diligence. I know she's wearing him out with all her playing, but he's being a good sport and sleeping great at night!
"Peek-a-boo Mommy!"
Papa and Clara have had quite a nice time and kept the days busy with walks and trips. Today was fun-filled with a trip to the "orange store" as Clara calls it. The rest of us call it Home Depot! Papa had to get some extra chain so we could put up the swing we bought to hang on a tree in the yard. Of course, Clara's favorite part of going to the orange store is seeing the ducks. She gives them a lot of props considering they are 3 plastic ducks in the yard pond display in the garden center! She saw them last weekend when she came with Aaron and I to pick up a fire pit for the yard and hadn't stopped talking about them all week.
A little stroll with the wagon
After the excitement of the fake ducks Clara and Papa were off to the mall, aka the "brown store" because of it's brown bricks, to play in the kids area and have a little visit with the Easter Bunny. After nap time and when I was home, the three of us took a trip to a park we'd never been to before. The "play park" as Clara calls them was very nice. The weather today has been perfectly gorgeous and we had a nice time. I snapped so good pics of Clara and Papa playing. As usual, here a few cute ones with more in the slideshow at the bottom of the blog.
All smiles on the swing
Love that genuine smile coming down the slide
Teaching Clara how to climb
Posing with Papa at the play park
I'm not sure what this pair has in store for Wednesday and Thursday, but they'll be flying solo since those are my two long days at work on post. It's supposed to be in the mid to high 70's both days with a chance at 80 on Thursday; I'm sure they'll have some adventures at the park or long walks. Whatever it is, I know they'll have fun and I'll hear all about it when I get home.
On Thursday night, Papa, Clara and I are heading to Detroit. Aaron is busy with WLC and can't get time off for Easter. Then the three of us will head back to Kentucky on Tuesday and Papa will head back to Detroit to recuperate on Wednesday. It'll be a busy several days, but that's what family is for!
Happy Easter!
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