a day away

We dropped Teoman and Tormis off at Mina's to play today.  It's a bit unusual for the weekend, but they have been all asking all week long.

Tolga and I dropped the two off at Mina's with some simit and went to the doctor.  Tuana had to get her one-year-old shots.  She cried when she looked at the doctor.  And the shots to the leg I was a collaborator, pinning down her legs with one hand, holding her hands with with my other hand, and resting my cheek against her cheek to provide what lame comfort I could.

Some days its easier if I time it when she isn't so tired - but we are always leaving the house right when she should be sleeping because its hard to get moving in the morning.  We went to the mall to exchange something and I was a bit giddy with the freedom of only one child.  We decided to go out for a fancy lunch - to take this time for ourselves and it was perfect.  I kept snickering under my breath: heh heh heh! Because I felt like I was getting away with something.

We picked up the kids later and they didn't even put up a fight - having been warned in the morning this was the plan and I didn't want to hear it when it was over, I was still surprised they followed through and stuck to the plan.