Frozen Veggies and Cottage Cheese

I've been sick these last few days.  So yesterday when Dave came home from work, he took the twins grocery shopping and let me just go to bed for the night.  It was HEAVEN!!!!

When he came home, he walked in to see how I was doing . . . actually, in reality, I think he walked in to vent.  The conversation went something like this:

Dave: How are you?
Me: A little better.  How was shopping?
Dave: Oh my gosh!!!  The kids were out of control.  I had Isaac in the back of the cart and Abby in the front.  Every time I put something in the cart, Isaac tried ripping it open.  It didn't matter what it was . . . he took the frozen vegetables and was just tugging at the bag as hard as he could, trying to open it up and throwing things around when he couldn't get them opened.  Then Abby, UGH, Abby took the cottage cheese and chucked it over the side of the cart.  It, of course, splattered all over and made the BIGGEST mess.  I was so embarrassed!  It was a good thing we were in public.  There's no way I'm doing that ever again!"

In my mind, I'm stifling laughter since just two days before I was explaining to my sister that I am perfectly content to NEVER leave my house because I KNOW what the alternative is . . . many experiences like the one Dave just described to me that taught me it was better to just stay put sometimes.

But, of course, the look on Dave's face, the absolute trauma there, kept laughter and my all-too-common feelings of, "Now you know how I feel whenever I tell you that I don't want to ________ by myself with the twins" at bay.  No.  He had done me a good turn, one I DEFINITELY wanted to have repeated at some future time.  So . . . instead of heartless empathy and laughter, heartfelt sympathy stepped in as I just shook my head and said, "Oh, boy.  That must have been horrible!  I'm so sorry!"

Good thing he followed it up with, "I know someday I'll look back and laugh at this . . . but not today!"

Yep -- someday we both will!

At this and all the other things that happen EXCLUSIVELY to dads! ;-D

P.S. - Abby is taking up acrobatics in our living room and kitchen.  Anything is fair game for climbing, swinging, flipping, etc.  I've GOT to find a gym and get her in some classes in the near future!  And yesterday Isaac was playing with some link toys we haven't had out since they were infants.  He put one of them on the straw of my water mug and said, "Oh . . . cute!  CUTE!!!"  I said, "Yeah -- that's very cool!"  He said, "Yeah . . . cute! CUTE!!!"  It never ceases to amaze me what they pick up on!  Tonight he was even having a phone conversation with the truck magnet!  Love, love, love it!