5 years 6 months 19 days

Day 2029. Once Randy took the kids downstairs this morning, it got quiet enough for me to get some more good sleep. It was 11:45, when I looked at the time. I got up and went to the kitchen to cook. Because I had started so late, it was 1 pm before we got to sit down to eat. While the food was cooking, we sat down to the experiments of the two boxes that had been sitting around and waiting to be done. We were able to do 5 out of the 6 experiments before we sat down to eat.

After lunch, we did the sixth experiment, then we went downstairs for piano practice. After having practiced, they wanted to do one of the experiments again downstairs where there was more room. It was a balloon rocket. And so we put up two chairs opposite each other and tied a rope with a straw on them. They were quite far apart. Then I blew up a ballon and taped it to the straw. When I let go of the balloon and the air was escaping, it made the ballon shoot to the other end of the rope. The kids had lots of fun. Sammy was watching us and also enjoyed it. He had been in the swing and having fun in it.

I then went upstairs and soon started making their dinner-to-go boxes. Time was just going by so fast. At 4:15 pm we left the house together.

We took two subways and got to church late. Tammy and Emmy went up front, while Sammy stayed with me and danced. He was having fun. We were sitting next to our friend. At 5:30 Randy and the kids went to the kids' program. I was very tired and glad to be able to stay in the sanctuary and close my eyes in worship.

At 7 pm I went to the kids' room and got Sammy. He was asking for Anna, who was sitting on the floor in the back of the sanctuary. He was very happy to see her. I returned to the kids' room, then Tammy came with me to sit with Anna. Then Randy and Emmy came as well, and we all talked with Anna. Then we put our coats on and left.

By 8 pm we were back home and got them ready for bed right away. The kids still wanted stories, and so it was after 8:30 pm before they got to go to bed. Then I got myself something to eat, and later I went back to work.