Three days a week the Hoos is on his own with the girls in the morning. I know from experience that this can be incredibly frustrating. Constant nagging, prodding, cajoling... He has been insisting that it is impossible for him to get them to day care before 9. And he frequently calls me with the morning report already upset and on track for a not-so-great day.
Today the Hoos has jury duty and had to be in Stamford by 8:30. For those of you that don't live in Fairfield County, while the distance from Norwalk to Stamford looks like about 10 miles on a map, it can be an eternity on the highway. Suffice it to say, with day care not opening until 8, we decided that I would go in to work late and handle morning drop off.
The girls were up at 7:15 - with smiles! Dressed - in what we had picked out! - by 7:25! Done with breakfast by 7:40! Teeth were brushed, toilets were used and flushed, and we were out the door by 8!
They were the first children in their respective classrooms! Sure, AK was crying ("She doesn't do this for Daddy," explained the teacher. Thanks, that makes me feel better...), but LP was excited, "First! Miss Miller! I'm first! And [AK] was first in her room!" and didn't cling to me or follow me, yelling, out of the classroom! It was a miracle!
Or was it just the work of mom?
PS: When I told the Hoos he said to me, "And being first is a good thing?" I think he is just jealous.
6 comments:
When I am on my own in the morning, we always seem to leave earlier than when Daddy is around. I do think it is a mom thing!
Papa rarely leaves early with the kids but one thing I have noticed is that he does not give them enough time to get ready and then gets upset when they are jumping to it fast enough.
I often get frustrated with little glitches like they decide to go get a toy at the last minute but I rarely have issues with them not being basically ready because I give them LOTS of time! They get up with me and just need to eat and get dressed whereas I pack my lunch, take a shower, get dressed, feed the cats and make the beds in the same length of time that I give them to do their two things. It works for me most days.
You need to teach me some of those moves AB! It takes forever for the A family to get out the door!
It's definitely a mommy thing! Great job girls!
I thought it was backwards day when I got to the daycare & LP was there before JM!
-DM
This made me think of that old movie with Dustin Hoffman, Kramer v. Kramer. At first he was clueless with morning routine, and then he figured it out. Since it is normally Hoos duty though...
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