And to my friends without kids, I haven’t forgotten you. I’m just incredibly busy and I’d love to see you if there is ever a break. Or as this article says, come on over to our house at 7AM at breakfast. This is the best time for no meltdowns with the kids!
1. The kid's schedule is more important than
one would think.
2. Kids put their parents on a schedule of
their own.
3. We
like hanging out with our kids. Even if you see our kid act like a total
a**hole, crying every five minutes or bouncing off the walls like a human
pinball, at home there are more instances than you can imagine that result in
us smiling the biggest smiles, laughing the loudest laughs or otherwise NOT
being annoyed with our own offspring. This can be hard to imagine, I know.
4.
"Just bring the kids" is an option. But it is one that sucks. We just can't focus on you very well when we
have to simultaneously keep an eye on our kids, making sure they don't choke,
drown in a randomly placed vat of water or get a head injury bumping into the
pointy corner of a table.
5. Seemingly benign household chores suddenly
seem to consume our lives.
6. Kids go to sleep pretty damn early. It's easy to look at our kids and say, "Oh, they don't even look
tired!" -- and
you'd be right. That's why we're leaving NOW, before they have a total meltdown
and lose their sh*t. We can preemptively sense these things, like some animals
can sense earthquakes before they register on any seismograph.
7.
Leisure time is so limited that we tend to spend it on ourselves (often by
ourselves).
8.
Sometimes we just need to idly linger.
And here's a funny video about it all!
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