Adventure

This summer we were stuck in the house way more then any of us wanted to be.  I am not the type of person that needs to have something to do all the time but that is defiantly in Blaiden's personality and Adilene will just follow Blaiden around wherever he goes.  One day Blaiden made a simple comment about we hadn't even stepped outside that day.  He didn't say it mean he was just talking about our day but it made me feel horrible.  With Adilene getting sick it had impacted our whole family and at times I feel very sorry for Blaiden.  He hasn't had the childhood I had expected for him and he is old enough to notice it now.  He has spent far to many nights in a hospital room, he has been told no several times to many different things because Adilene can't do them, and he has had to make sacrifices that aren't really fair for a 5 year old. 

Fred and I were talking one night after the kids went to bed and he brought up many of the things that I was thinking.  We both felt bad about the way summer was going and with Kallie being born things were going to be even harder, so at that point we made a conscious effort to do a few things just for Blaiden. 

We signed him up for swim lessons, which he loved.  He loves anything really, if it is an activity scheduled out of the house he loves it.  Fred took him fishing, and to a few movies.  We also had to take a few shopping trips just for him before school started.  It has been a little harder since Kallie got here but Fred and I have both made an effort to have things that are only about him.  He played is 3rd season of soccer and went to a wrestling camp.  I think doing things just for him has been great.  We try and only have one thing going on at a time so we still have time as a family. He has loved every second of it.