Tonight I walked into the bathroom after organizing the kids outfits for the next day. All the kids were hanging out w/Dad watching him brush his teeth. So I go in there and Harmon is ripping apart the stuff on the sink while Rachel is happily playing in a GIANT puddle of spilt shaving cream (right after I just changed her for bed) and Cally was just taking it all in bouncing in his excersaucer. Of course I go "Oh no Rachel is playing in shaving cream" and Chris was like... "so"?I think Dad's have this magical gene to just not sweat the small stuff. When I was attending class at night for fun last semester it NEVER mattered what random time I came home the house was always in CHAOS. But you know what the house never burnt down and everyone was healthy and happy.
It makes me think when I harp on him for things like: "Cally needs a new onesie b/c he peed all over it" or "no Harmon CAN NOT eat Pizza for the 2nd meal in a row today". That perhaps Chris knows the true secret to happiness as a parent: "don't sweat the small stuff".
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It definitely is a dad thing. Andrew is the same way. Hooray for dads.
ReplyDeleteA guy thing for sure. Luckily, the things he gets uptight over I tend to be more loose on, so we are a good compromise. And what funny stories! I don't like Keith to eat pb&j for breakfast, but that is the food of his choice. Oh well. :)
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