This blog post brought to you by The Napping Cutlet.
The Petite Filet left this afternoon for her business conference in Austin. She was sad to leave me and the Cutlet home; it was her first time to take a solo trip since he was born. That means this is also the first time I'll be parenting solo for the next three days. Two-and-a-half, really. Yikes.
So far, so good. After church, the Cutlet refused to nap despite being so tired he could barely keep his eyes open. It was really nice outside today – our first sunshine and near-70 temps for weeks – so we ventured out to swing and slide on his playset. We did that for about 30 minutes, and it was becoming obvious that he was getting more tired. He could barely climb up the steps to slide anymore. I made him come inside, at which point he threw a monkey-fit. I tried to get him to drink some water, but all he wanted was to go back outside. So I cheated. We took a drive in the truck and we was out like a light in seven minutes.
But a "single" dad's got to do what he's got to do. Now we'll have a much better evening when the well-rested, happy Cutlet opens his eyes and wants to eat dinner. Good grief ... what am I going to fix him for dinner? Gotta be something, I just went to the store two days ago.
On that, any full-time single parents have my respect. You must have patience the size of a water tower, and a heart as big as Connecticut. Or at least Rhode Island.
Gotta run. I have a dinner menu to plan!
Any new adventures awaiting you this week?
Just passing through to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day! :)
I have used the "ride in the car" routine a number of times myself. It still works on the 7 year old.
Yeee haaaa!! The ole truck trick! Way better than putting up with a cranky kid -- leave the vehicle running to control the HVAC, that's why they invented keyless entry!
I had to do the solo single parent thing with my 3 daughters a few years back when my wife was in the hospital for a week. Now it's her turn (unfortunately) to do the single parent thing for 6 months while I am deployed. The one week I had doesn't even compare in the slightest to the difficulties she is facing now... and I've been gone for only a month now... but that's to be expected in the military. Thankfully, she does extremely well while I'm gone and I'm very proud of her.