As previously mentioned, it was me with the kids for 4 days or so while my wife was out of town. We had a great time and had some classic moments.I was most worried about my 2 year old son who is a momma’s boy. But his only two tantrums involved butter and pancakes. He loves butter and loves pancakes. He was really bothered that the butter was melting on hot pancakes and thus no longer visible. Those situations were only resolved by me putting extra butter so he could touch it and hold the pancake up to his face so he could make out with all the butter. Four days with a two-year old and if that’s my only bump in the rode I’ll take it! I now call him butter boy.Morgan, my almost 5 year old daughter, takes on a more maternal role for sure which is helpful as she continually reminded me of things that I was supposed to be doing. It was like having a little living parenting book for what to do while mom is gone.She’s showing me that she’s too quick for her own good though. We were at a food court while doing some shopping over the weekend and I asked her to get up and walk 10 feet away to get a bunch of napkins because Colin was making his typical mess. She responded, “I don’t think I should do that because I don’t want people to think that I don’t have parents.” She’s developing her manipulation skills which is always an encouraging site…she inherited the lawyer gene that was passed from my grandfather to my mom to me and now it’s taking root in a 4th generation.Last week my wife was carrying a box up the stairs to our place and Colin stumbled briefly as he often does because of his tendency to try to walk sideways or backwards. It wasn’t really a fall and it was more whining and wanting to be held while my wife was trying to get everybody up the stairs. Morgan then stopped my wife and said, “Mom, family is more important than that box!” She’s becoming quite the presence in our household…doesn’t miss much.She turns 5 in a couple days which is just amazing to think about. Anyway, I had a great time playing Mr. Mom and hanging with the kids. We dominated Costco together, got dominated together by a McDonalds play area, had a couple ice cream and movie nights, and had a hysterical time at the flower shop getting some flowers for momma to take to the airport.
