Well, Teri is gone to Albuquerque for a few nights so I have been flying solo with the kids. I am not nearly as funny as Teri, but I said I would be a guest writer for a blog entry. Here are the highlights...
- Sunday 5/3 (the day Teri left): the kids and I went to the Elephant Bar for lunch, compliments of the in-laws. They all ate very well because their loving father did not give them a mid-morning snack. Sure, there were many fits and fights along the way, but they ate their lunch. I am still deciding if it was worth it. I was very proud to see four empty plates. Nap, Mariokart, blah blah blah. We concluded the day with some outside time and then dinner (supper if you ask the Early's) at the Early household. I was a bit scared at mid day as I contemplated what might be for dinner after looking in the bare food storage areas in our kitchen. Then Mark said Karen had prepared two dinners for them and there was enough for us. Of course, I took advantage of Mark's offer for dinner. Then the victorious bedtime ritual and the day was through.
- Monday 5/4: I took part in the kids' normal daily ritual. Teri really has it together to get this executed every weekday. I needed her hour-by-hour schedule in order to keep in line and on task. Of course there were the tense moments like when Joe said, "Mom always gives me a note in my lunch." Well, Dad can do that too...send Joe upstairs and, voila (that word still seems pretend to me...why not walaa?), insert a note in the lunch. Of course, I attached a piece of candy to it to make up for the lack of sentimentality (and in case he couldn't read it). Then came the words no stay-at-home-dad-for-two-days-whose-wife-told-him-he-wouldn't-need-to-do-laundry wants to hear, "Dad, I have no clean underwear." Vaguely reminiscent of a previous post. So, I did a quick load of underwear and dried them (mostly) just in time. Off to school. Went to wal-mart for a few things and then went to pick up Cayna at 11:40. She began a project right after lunch. The project entailed making 4 signs that proudly stated: "ATTeNTioN! CAyNA's NAMe iS NOW CASSiDy". Not sure where this idea came from, but that isn't new with Cassidy. Then, out to the font yard to play. Then $5 pizza and choir. Rush to bed and here I am watching the NBA finals.
Tomorrow, I get to take Cassidy, Maria and Joseph to school.
STATISTICS
Children: Start-4; current-4
Digits: Start-80; current-80
Broken bones: 0
Band-aids used: 0
Meals prepared: 2 of 5
Diapers changed: 12?
5 comments:
Thanks for filling in, you did a good job! I'm impressed and good luck with the rest of your journey...love the stats at the end!
I enjoyed the guest writer's post...I'm wondering if Josh would ever be a guest writer for me, I'm guessing not. Kevin, you're a trooper and I'm sure by the time Teri gets home you'll be very thankful you get to go back to work.
Nice job writing...and you were every bit as entertaining at Teri!
Kevin that was great. I'm very impressed. Teri was that your idea for him to fill in as your guest writer? I still like Cayna a lot more than Cassidy. Glad everyone survived. I too like the stats at the end. Very sterotypical though for a male. "Forget the details just give me the bottom line."
That was all Kevin's idea, but I was thrilled he thought of it.
Now, in my defense as a homemaker and wife - I stocked the cupboards and frig with necessities before I left and there were two perfectly acceptable (and easy) meals planned. Pasta one night; scrambled eggs and frozen waffles the other. I COULD have cooked and frozen two dinners, but my husband would have eaten out at least one night anyway. Just like he did with the pizza.
I have no explanation for the underwear debacle. I think the kid needs a few new pairs since this is a recurrent problem.
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