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Tubby Time

4/30/19 – Tuesday

It’s 9:09 PM, halftime of the Celtics-Bucks game. Celts trail by four. J is departing my room after a thunder induced visit. There’s a steady rain and the occasional thunder clap, pretty peaceful if you ask me. I’m more worried that he hasn’t pooped since Saturday. Looks like he’s holding in a belly full of shit. I gave the boys tubbies tonight and they were acting insane afterward per usual. The routine at the end of the tubby is they lay down in the tub side by side until the water drains out. Then I restart the water to rinse off the suds by dousing them with water from big bubba keg cup. They like getting their nuts splashed. Then there’s a struggle to see who can be the first one out of the tub, with J winning tonight. I bundle them both up like burritos in their towels, then they run around screaming until the towels fall off. Tonight they were showing off their booties.

Then they were playing their guitars singing a song about cheese and tacos. It took a long time of them not listening to a word I said to finally get them settled. We read The Incredibles and Monsters University from the Disney book in J’s room. I’ve put in a no Cars 2 rule the last couple days because I’m so sick of it. I got H down by sitting cross legged in his room and humming the go to sleep song. Now I’m going to get back to the Celts game.

Solo Dad

4/29/19 – Monday

Mom is in San Diego for the Gartner Consulting conference so I’m in super Dad mode. H crawled into bed with me around five this morning and not much sleep happened between then and 6:20 when I got in the shower and turned on Blaze and the monster machines for him. When I was done with the shower J had joined H in our bed. Aside from the standard teeth pulling about teeth brushing, getting clothes on, eating, and getting out the door; it was a pretty good morning and I was ready to kick ass. On my way into work I listened to a book called “You are a badass”. I was ready to crush this Monday. Then as I was getting my morning herbal tea, I ripped my sweet J Crew pink/red button down on a drawer. Nothing major, still going to crush it, I just had to switch over to a tucked in look to conceal the tear.

Mimi and Poppa picked the boys up from daycare today so I could go to J’s kindergarten open house. Looks like a nice school. I think it will be a great community to raise the kids. Saw a friend from work who will also be sending her daughter to school at Moraine. I had to fill out a card about J to give to school and they asked what he enjoyed as far as learning goes. I said maps and numbers. They asked what books he was reading and I said he was doing the Bob books, though we haven’t done those in a while. Need to get back into the reading routine so J picks it up.

The boys were chilling on their tablets when I got home. Then after Mimi and Poppa left and it was time to go to bed, they amazingly got hungry again. So I gave them a cheese stick and their leftover McDonalds. They were running around like wild animals while I was trying to get them to brush their teeth. Whenever I want them to do something I go into super angry guy voice mode, which can’t be good parenting. My dad used to do that and it scared the shit out of me. It’s easier than thinking of the right threat in the spur of the moment. Like, “If you don’t start brushing your teeth in five seconds, I’ll lock you in your room for the night”. Or I’ll take away your morning fruit snack, or your tablet. I hate having to threaten, but is there any other way? It’s not like I can just ask them to do something and J will be like, “H, did you hear that? Dad asked us to get our PJ’s on and brush our teeth. Let’s do that right away because it’s important for our sleep comfort and dental hygiene. Plus Dad asked us, and he knows what’s good for us”. We read Toy Story 2 and some peek a boo truck book for babies that’s been ripped apart. J was stinky tooting the whole time but wouldn’t poop. H aggravated his infected knee trying to do some weird somersault into his bed. That boy is a wild man.

They finally went down around 9:20. Now it’s my turn. I did my best today and I’ll do it again tomorrow.