Afterschool

Since we've moved, Sonny had to start going to the elementary school nearby. Coming from his other school, this school is nice. Don't get me wrong, his other school felt like home. It was actually harder for me than it was for Sonny to leave that school. But driving all the way there from our house was taking it's toll. I'm thankful that Sonny was finally transferred after Christmas vacation.
Anyway, as nice as this school is, it does have it's problems. For instance, trying to get out of the parking lot afterschool takes forever and a day. Thank goodness Sonny likes to run because he runs to our meeting spot and we run to the car and on good days we're out of there in less than ten minutes. One day, we were out of there in three!
The past couple of days have been so nice and so I decided to do a little experiment. I was going to wait until the traffic died. While waiting for that to happen, we decided to play on the play structure. Guess what? It took 15-20 minutes for the traffic to pass.
In the meantime, the kids were having a blast, burnt off all that extra energy and spent some quality time with each other. Is waiting that extra 5 to 10 minutes worth it? You bet! Next week, we're going to play four square and I honestly can not wait.
GOLDEN NUGGET: I found a built in, guaranteed, quality time with my kids...outdoors!