As I put in my earbuds for my walk home from work, what do I find waiting for me? A family! We enjoyed the weather and walked the long way home, stopping by 'The Pie' for dinner.

Diana decided to come down because Isaac spent the day insisting "up Dad work hug." The problem was that I left without a hug goodbye, which under normal circumstances would be unthinkable. But this morning was no normal circumstance. Both kids woke up at 5:00 a.m. -- a plan they must have hatched the night before. So we played tag team: Diana fed Grace and I took Isaac. After an unsuccessful attempt at rocking him back to sleep, I retreated to the family room, hoping that an early morning presentation of Barney would lull him back to sleep. Well, when I woke up at 7, I had Grace on my chest on the recliner and both Diana and Isaac were snoring in our bed. Go figure. So I basically dressed in the dark, put Grace in the basinette by our bed, and snuck silently out of the house -- thus explaining no morning hug.