Thursday, July 22, 2010

Mom for a Day!

Today I had a colonoscopy. For those unfamiliar with what it is,  I won't get into all the details and all that medical crap, if your interested... look it up. One point to note, the medical instructions say that you should refrain from work, driving and anything that involves making important decisions for the whole day after the procedure. So of course, I put all my faith into IceMan. How could I care for my kids if I can't make important decisions like crackers vs. grapes for a snack or coloring vs. sidewalk chalk? But I was tired after the really good drugs they gave me, hooray for painkillers, so I was glad to have someone be a "substitute mommy" for me.
After my procedure, IceMan had to handle Monkey, Froggy and all the chaos craziness that I deal with daily for our condo sale and moving, plus, he also was trying to telecommute today at work. Multi-tasking - not so easy.

Needless to say, by the end of the day when it was time to get cleaned up and ready for bed, Monkey looked at a tired, unsuspecting IceMan who looked like he just got hit by a truck and
said, "Daddy, let me show you how to be Mommy for the bedtime stuff."

Amazing how my 4-year-old can handle the evening routine even better than my husband. Go Figure.

6 comments:

  1. Go figure, indeed. Nice to know that you are appreciated, though!

    Hope all went well with the procedure.
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  2. That's so awesome that your little guy knows the drill. At least you can feel secure that if you're ever away for the night...he can show everyone what to do!
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  3. Not surprising, is it? It's refreshing to have someone see your daily world in a whole new light. When it's happened to me I have to fight the urge to say "SEEEE????!!!!"
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  4. OMG I love it! Haha they do love routine. My boys wont let my hubby read them a story at night {he gets so upset} and my 4yr old says "I like how mommy reads."....love meeting a mom of all boys - we must stick together :)
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  5. are you alright? I had that endoscopy in April and I thought THAT was bad
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  6. LMAO! Too freaking cute...it's hard to be mom for a day! Which means you rock! Hope you have great weekend.
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