Nate recently traveled to California for two and a half weeks for his job, leaving Rachel home with the kids. I remember how being a single parent feels, Chuck having traveled out of state for work frequently when our kids were small. But a week at a time was the longest I was ever on my own, and that was tough. I don't know how military families do it when spouses have to be gone for months, sometimes years at a time!
It is lonely and exhausting to have the kids 24/7 like that with no break.
Of course there are some advantages. Especially with preschoolers: you get up in the morning when the kids do, and go to bed whenever you like. No decent meals to plan, kids love pancakes for dinner. You can stay in your pajamas all day if you want. If the kids do happen to go down for a nap at the same time, you can take one too instead of using that time to tidy the house.
Spending all that uninterrupted time with the kiddos usually requires racking your brain for new ideas to keep them entertained. Rachel came up with a good one: the couch slide.
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