A First For Us....

Well the ship pulled in yesterday to refuel and get parts. I didn't tell the kids since they would only be sad that they didn't get to skip school to see their Dad. I had a nice three hour visit with Jaesen, hanging out at the squadron so he could catch up on emails and business, followed by a quick lunch. I kissed him goodbye as he had to be back on board and I had school bus duty. At 7:15 the phone rang and when I answered the voice at the other end was him, informing me he would be home in about an hour and keep the kids up so he could see them. At 8:15 he walked through the door and all 3 kids and 2 dogs sprinted to reach him first. This was a first, the ship had failed to sail due to not receiving parts to fix a broken engine. I bet the Captain was fit to be tied, but I know a lot of families in our area got a huge surprise when their sailors walked through the door to tuck in kids, lounge on the sofa and catch a couple of zzzzzz's at home. Since he had to leave at 4 am we let the kids all stay up until 9, Savannah was first to request bed and actually got in and shouted from her room, night night. We took that as our cue and Jaesen spent a lot of time tucking the boys in, telling them a story and giving them their nightly bedtime characters (they always ask us who they could be that night.....for Tristan, it's Steve Irwin 99% of the time). Tristan was Wolverine this time and Jack has this fascination for Lord of the Rings characters lately which we can't understand since he has never seen the movie. At any rate it was a quick visit, but well worth it and we all enjoyed our moment with Jaesen.