I Get Blindsided By A Two Year Old
byI waved goodbye to Tracey with a smile. The kids and I were alone for the day and I had high hopes of being able to tell her how well it went when she arrived home. My plan almost worked too…
I waved goodbye to Tracey with a smile. The kids and I were alone for the day and I had high hopes of being able to tell her how well it went when she arrived home. My plan almost worked too…
I try to help Tracey out where I can, but sometimes I just make things worse…
You know when you don’t really hear someone but then when they get your attention you know they’ve been saying something for a bit?
“DAD!”
This was that.
“Here you go,” I said to Tracey, handing her a cup of tea. I don’t expect a ticker tape parade when I spring a nice cuppa on my wife, but nor do I expect to be frowned at. It seems I’m in trouble. Again.
I’ve spent my holidays trying to show how indispensable I am around the house. So close, and yet, predictably, so very, very far….
“So how was your lunch today?” my father asked me. “You like your sandwich?” It was 1976. I was 9 years old. And this wasn’t going to end well…
“The kids think I’m old and wrinkled,” my wife told me this morning. Yep, and they weren’t subtle about it either…
My youngest son is not impressed with what he learned today. “I am never having a baby,” he told us in no uncertain terms. Why? I’ll tell you…
Oh, shit. There’s two of them.
As any parent will attest, there’s genuine power in a kiss. Healing power, that is. A kiss from a parent can cure almost all boo-boos. Almost…
“Are you sure you’ll be okay?” Tracey asked me again. She was going away in the morning so I’d have all the kids. “Piece of cake,” I told her. Proof not all cake tastes good.
It’s not just watching kids’ shows which can send you around the bend. Just listening to them while you do other stuff can be enough to drive you insane.
As parents, we always try to help our kids through situations they aren’t comfortable in. Although eager to help, I am notoriously bad at this.
“You’re in a good mood,” I accused my wife this morning. It wasn’t what I’d been expecting.