"Careful with the tomatoes Tyler! We want solid chunks not catsup!" Sasha called out as the boy sprinted thru the door of the house toward the kitchen. She followed him into the kitchen and placed her bags on the counter before having Hannah hand hers over. "You guys go wash your hands, with soap Tyler," she directed watching him roll his eyes at her, "and then you can help me fix dinner." As the kids left the room she noticed a note pinned to the bulletin board with her name on it.

Sasha giggled when she got to the last line of the note. 'Hmmm… at least I learned something useful in college.' She threw the note into the garbage can and began sorting the contents of the shopping bags. 'I hope Bailey is OK. Poor baby.'

"Sasha," Tyler asked as he entered the kitchen. "Have you seen my dad? I can't find him anywhere. I wanted to show him this cool plane you bought me."

"He thinks Bailey has an ear infection so he took her to the doctor."

"Oh…OK. I guess I can show him when he gets home." The boy replied dejectedly.

Sasha set down the block of cheese she had in her hand and knelt down in front of Tyler. She reached out and hugged him. "I'm sure Bailey is going to be fine Tyler. Your dad will probably be home any minute now." She said as she released him.

"I'm not worried about Bailey. She gets ear infections a lot." He twirled the propeller of his plane. "I just miss my dad. I haven't seen him in 2 days."

"I'm sorry Tyler. That is probably my fault. I thought he might get some work done today if I took you and Hannah out with me. I guess that wasn't such a great idea was it?"

"Its OK Sasha. I had fun today. Besides, if you hadn't taken me and Hannah with you then we would be at the doctor with dad and Bailey and that wouldn't have been any fun."

"I don't know about you but I try to avoid doctors as much as possible." Sasha said standing up.

Tyler shook his head. "Yeah, I don't really like going to the doctor either."

"Who's going to the doctor?" Hannah inquired as she bounced into the room.