Mac -n- Cheese Please!

As most of you know, Cole works incredibly hard. He attends Fraser Academy nearly all year long, Monday - Thursday. Each day before school, Cole goes to both Speech and Occupational Therapy. The mornings start out with Care Cab (a transportation company) bringing him to therapy and school. 

We are blessed to have a wonderful driver named Jan. Jan takes such good care of Cole. She always gets him to where he needs to go, she brings him treats on Halloween and patiently waits for us to actually make it outside to her van each morning. Today was no different. 

Cole has been into pancakes lately.... the ones with chocolate chips baked right in, and he always has to have three. Not today, the pattern changed. This morning it was macaroni and cheese. And he decided this right when the van pulled in the driveway. I tried hard to convince him otherwise, but there was no changing his mind. And frankly, at 7:30 in the morning I figured making the Easy Mac was the best way to start off this day. So Easy Mac it was. Cole loves to help make it. He grabs the bowl, pours the water and hits "circle, circle, 3, and start" on the microwave. He then hops up on the island and watches, just like usual. He's gotten so good at stirring in the "cheese". At first there was more cheese on the floor and counter than in the bowl, but now Cole is the official Easy Mac Master. No wonder he wants it for breakfast!!

Grandpa Denny picked Cole up from school today and boy did he have a treat in store for Cole!! Grandpa took Cole over to Keith the neighbor and showed him a "real live dead deer" (as Connor called it). Grandpa said Cole was very brave and didn't hesitate one bit to pet the deer hanging in Keith's garage. After Cole had enough of that, he told Grandpa... "See Daddy tonight". Cole was right. Pat has been gone in Texas since Monday. Cole knows the days of the week and he knew it was time for Daddy to be home.  He had his wrestling partner back! 

It was challenging getting Cole to calm down and get into bed tonight... he was WAY too excited to spend time with daddy. There was so much laughing, cuddling and tickling to catch up on. I am so thankful to have Pat as the father of my children. He truly is an amazing daddy. He is incredible with Cole; everyone around him notices it. Cole and Pat share a very special bond and Pat's duties as a father go way beyond what we thought they would be. I can't tell you how many times I tell myself how lucky Cole, Connor and I are to have Pat. I just wanted you all to know, too.