Daddy's Home

Well, all I can say is we have been waiting for this day for a while. I knew for about two weeks that Josh would be coming home on the 11th. I didn't really want to tell the kids because the military has a bad habit of changing things up and delaying homecomings. So, I didn't tell Skye and Jaxon that their Dad was coming home on a specific day. I gave them a 5 day window. I told their teachers, I told the neighbors but I never told the kids.

I met Josh at the airport at noon. He had been traveling almost nonstop for about 48 hours. He went from Kuwait to Germany to Baltimore (with a super short visit to his Mom. --Sorry it was so short) When he came to the waiting room there were some tears but mostly it was all happiness and light. We went out to lunch and then went home to get ready to get the kids from school. I had an elaborate plan for picking them up. Josh was going to walk in from the back of the school so that Skye and Jax didn't see him. Skye, being a patrol, stands in car line and runs to get other children for their parents. I figured if Josh came up from the back, Skye wouldn't see him. Then Josh could get Jax and we would wait inside the school to suprise Skye. It didn't go quite that way..........

Skye has some super vision because she spotted him and did her best impression of an NFL tackle. Then Jax realized something was going on too!

There were tears from the kids, tears from the wife, tears from the Ms. Goldstein -- Jax's teacher, and tears from some random Mom's that were picking up their kids. All happy of course.00/Daddy+Homecoming+008.JPG" border=0>

Skye had chior practice after school so we all attended. Unfortunatly, she had to sit out for half of it because she couldn't stop crying. It is really interesting to see how differently the kids reacted. Jaxon was very excited and goofy. All he wanted to do was rub Josh's bald head and crack jokes. Skye cried non-stop and only wanted to sit in his lap. Both reactions were precious!
After school we drove to Jourdonton for a play at the high school. Jared was playing the part of the foil - Blifil. It was a comedy and he did an excellent job. We are hoping to have him this weekend and maybe throw an impromptu homecoming party for Josh so all the neighbors can come around.