Empty House

It's not unusual for Lincoln and I to take a weekend (or longer) and get away from the kids for awhile. We enjoy taking trips together and luckily my parents enjoy staying with the kids while we travel. I miss the kids while we're gone but since it's not our usual routine I'm usually distracted by whatever wonderful activities we have planned on our travels. It's a totally different story when we're in our house all alone without the kids. I'm constantly listening for them in the other room and waiting for that "Daddy! Mommy!" cry that means you have to take care of something. Last night we giddily ran around the house turning off night lights and talking about how we were guaranteed to sleep past 7 p.m. because Jake wouldn't be waking us up but this morning we were both in bed saying "wow, this feels so weird without the kids." The kids definitely make this house come alive and as enjoyable as it is to get some peace and quiet sometimes it will be nice to have them back this evening.