(David’s wears Daddy’s hat over lunchtime)
Okay, I added a countdown for the baby, so we can see how the baby is developing. I think the little fact for today is kinda awkward for setting this thing off, but o well. Life has gotten extremely busy as the farm is in planting mode. My father-in-law said they are hoping to start on soy beans today, which is a good sign that the corn is pretty close to being done…maybe. I really don’t know.
Anyway, Knut usually makes breakfast for the kids, and shares that one on one time with him, and lets me sleep in (which I think I mentioned before) but now he gets up and leaves before all of us on most days. (It’s pretty unpredictable, though.) So I get up with the kids, and I’m way grumpier than Daddy in the morning, so it’s tough of all of us. By the time Daddy steps home for lunch, the kids are climbing all over him. After a quick lunch, Knut works way past the kids bedtime, and they sometimes don’t see him until the following day’s lunch. When soy bean planting starts, he probably won’t come home for lunch anymore, and we’ll bring it out to him.

Silje is actually doing really good with Knut’s absence. In previous years, she has had trouble sleeping, and would really act out when Knut wasn’t around. She’s only woken up in the middle of the night wanting to see Daddy once. David however is really thrown for a loop, as he doesn’t know how to handle himself when Daddy’s at work. He’s at the same age Silje was when she acted out when Knut was gone a lot, so I’m hoping that he’ll start to understand where Daddy is in future busy times. Silje will tell me that Daddy is working on putting seeds in the ground not so they can grow big and tall. She’s really into plants lately, so this job seems really cool to her right now. Knut says that David’s not so much mad that Daddy is missing, as much as he’s mad he can’t be driving a tractor out there with him. There’s a lot of truth to that statement.
Well, I have another update about the kid’s future plans for when they grow up. David has finally decided that it would be better to be a race car driver than the actual race car. Silje has decided that she wants to be a jump rope teacher, and have a school that teaches little kids how to jump rope. She hasn’t figured out to jump rope yet, but I have a feeling that if she wants to teach it professionally, she’ll get it soon. 🙂