Hey Dad!
Do You Want to Make Artwork?
Here's the scene:
It's after dinner, the dishes are done and we're a bit early for bed. She's downstairs in the family room playing alone. BW taps me on the shoulder and says to me "I'm going to bed - you've got this" Wait. What?
Oh well. Whatever.
I've got time for a cup of coffee, I thought
3 seconds later:
"Hey Dad - Did you want to color with me?"
How do they know? As soon as you sit down, you're the most popular person in the house. And don't get me started if I'm in the restroom. They should change the name to "constantlybotheredroom" cause that's what happens as soon as my foot crosses the threshold.
So. I put my coffee down and she sits beside me and we do artwork together. I do the glue and she's in charge of placing the jewels in the right place. It turned out great!
After our artwork we played some kind of hockey game with 2 foam paint brushes, wooden balls from her craft set and a Halloween theme cup. I have no idea what the rules were. Somebody won 🤷♂️I am just not sure whom.
Then it all went sideways. It took 2 plus hours to get her to bed tonight, and it was a struggle at that. We did the entire bedtime routine and then I went to write this post, and I can hear her upstairs in her bedroom screwing around instead of sleeping.
Back up I go because she's thirsty,
and then the dog is in her room and she needs the door closed,
Finally, she's still awake so I go up one more time and lay down the law and turn off the tonies because obviously spiderman at full volume is not sleep inducing.
Cue the screaming. A better parent might try to settle her down or even cave and put the effing spiderman back on just to get her quiet.
Not me. She screamed "I want spiderman" over and over and I closed the door told her I loved her, and went for a well-deserved shower.
When I came out of the shower she was asleep.
I win. 😄
A quick update on the dental situation.
- It happened
- She was great. No fussing and just went with the flow.
- Teeth look great. See you in six months. 🦷
Lastly, I'm celebrating a milestone of writing her for a month straight without missing a day. Granted some might question the quality of some of the posts over the last month but I'm proud of sticking to this every day for a month.
We celebrate the small victories here. Thanks for reading!
