My request for a day off today was denied, so I had to work and Stuart took on solo duty of the two kids.  While I was eating breakfast with the boys in the morning, I prepared them that I had to leave for work and they would have a fun day with daddy; Connor whined a bit and kept saying “No, Mommy”.  But when it was time to say goodbye, he was good and allowed me to kiss him goodbye without any fussing. 

   According to Stuart, the boys were very cooperative and did not give him any trouble.  In the morning they went to a local park to play.  Logan and Connor were playing together on the apparatus; they would take turn sliding down and chasing the other.  Logan seemed more confident in climbing different structures, and Connor tried to follow him without being too reckless.  They also did lots of walking; they walked the entire perimeter of the park.  Stuart had to pick Connor up just a few times to catch him up with Logan.  In the afternoon, they did more walking again; they walked down the neighborhood block.  When they returned, they ran into the neighbors who were just about to start a walk to look at houses with Christmas lights already up, so the boys joined them and walked some more. 

     When I came home from work, Connor was so excited to share with me that they were “outside” today.  Logan told me that they “exercised”.