Tuesday, February 21, 2012

And this is why I love Drew so much

First of all, I love Drew for many reasons!  But his ability to put a positive spin on everything is by far the most attractive thing about him.  Now for the story.....This past weekend I had 2 shows so Drew had to turn into Mr. Mom; something he enjoys and is fully capable of doing.  The kids had a full day of activities and I had left a fairly detailed "to do" list.  I left at 7:30 in the morning and got home at 7:30 that night.  I knew Maddox would be asleep but I thought I may be able to get to tuck Amelia in bed.  So as I hurried through the door, I was knocked down by a horrible smell.  It reminded me of rubber burning.  I immediately threw my bags down and ran to check the space heater.  Everything looked fine so I went upstairs to check Amelia.  The smell upstairs was even worse.  I asked Amelia what had happened.  Her reply "Daddy burned something really bad.  He had to open all the doors and windows."  After getting both kids to sleep, Drew and I were able to talk about the day.  I asked him, "So how was it with both kids for 12 hours by yourself?"  He said "We had a great day!   Oh but I did almost burn the house down."  Excuse me?  Long story short, he tried to clean Maddox's pacis by placing them in boiling water.  He forgot about them and they completely melted causing the smoke detector to go off...(Thank goodness Amelia has been learning about fire safety at school.  Drew said she kept saying." Dad, there is a fire in house.... Dad, there is a fire in the house.)  After scolding him for leaving it on the stove, he filled me in on the rest of the day.  Amelia had cheerleading that morning.  Of course, Drew took Maddox to watch.  It seems that Maddox became obsessed with the water fountain and when Drew finally made him stop messing with it, he threw a fit...in front of the entire gym.  He hit Drew and spit on him, then screamed bloody murder.  Drew eventually had to take him outside.  Later that afternoon, Amelia wanted to take George for a walk (in her grocery cart), so off they went.  Amelia, according to Drew, had a huge meltdown because he wouldn't let her take off her coat.  A huge screaming match right there on the corner of Claridge and Darien...nice!  He said he finally calmed her down but then stepped in dog poop on the way home.  He decided to make coneys for dinner and I could tell he was very excited about trying something new with the kids.  I just didn't have the heart to tell him that they would hate them and he would have to make a "second" dinner.  And, yes, that's exactly what happened.  So to recap, house fire, dog poop, hit in the face, spit at, and 2 temper tantrums.
Now I don't know about most people, but for me, that is a horrible day.  If just one of those things happened, I would have been crying for sure.   Not Drew.  He was completely upbeat and fine....tired, but upbeat.  So yes, I'm convinced that this is why we work so well together.  I am the storm and he is the calm.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

*Sigh*

Amelia woke up with a fever again today and I knew we were headed to the doctor.  Of course it's tax season, so Drew couldn't help out with Maddox.  *Sigh*...I so dreaded the next couple of hours.  They fought all the way there, mostly because Maddox wanted to play and Amelia wanted to be left alone.  Once we got to the doctor's office, Maddox refused to be carried and walked.... I mean, splashed, in every puddle in the parking lot.  Soaking wet, we approached the door where I knew another fight was coming.  They both reached for the handicap door opener button thing.  Amelia got there first and Maddox punched her.  Before I could even check in at the front desk, Maddox was doing a timeout....a very loud timeout, at that.  They called us back after about 10 minutes.  Doesn't sound like we had a long wait until you think about what all Maddox did in those 10 minutes.  He managed to completely empty the waiting room of every ounce of hand sanitizer.  He soaked himself even more with the water fountain and I swear, out of the corner of my eye, I saw him lick a chair.  I forgot to mention that he was also constipated so every 5 minutes or so he would run to me screaming.  He would put both of his hands on my arms, bend over and scream.  Lovely. While we sat in our room, I thought I had both kids distracted with some crayons and coloring books.  Then I remembered Maddox had learned to open "handle" doors.  He left the room while I was holding sick little Amelia.  He seemed quiet out there so I didn't panic.  Two minutes later, he came back to the room with about 10 suckers and 5 stickers.  I asked him several times to take them back and he refused.  Somewhere in there, he hit me and did another VERY loud timeout.  So loud, that I was embarrassed and sweating!  After his timeout, he went to return his loot.  I would have followed him to make sure he was on the right track, but the doctor was starting to test Amelia for strep and the flu.  She went crazy.  She hates anything down her throat or in her nose.  I looked up and both  kids were screaming.  Amelia had a q-tip so far up her nose, I was actually worried and Maddox had a hand full of tongue depressors from....well, I have no idea where he got them.  I'm assuming he fell on the way back from his "treasure hunt" and that's why he was crying.  I decided there was nothing left for me to do but to call Drew.  I didn't want to yell or scream at him, I just wanted him to hear exactly how my day was going.  Both tests came back negative, tongue depressors replaced, stickers and suckers put back in the basket and off we went.  I feel certain the entire office erupted in applause at the sight of our Saturn leaving the parking lot. *Sigh*  The afternoon has been better.  It's amazing what lunch, a nap, and a good poop will do....Anyway, I think this picture pretty much sums up this yucky Wednesday.