This time next year …
It is early on the morning of Father’s Day. Darling Husband is still sleeping.
I can’t help but wonder if next year, I will be making breakfast in bed for a brand-new Daddy …
… Mashing our baby’s fat little hand into some finger paint, and pressing it onto a construction-paper card …
… Buying him some power tool he has mentioned — this week, it was a sandy-grindy-dealio, so it’s too bad we can’t celebrate Father’s Day just yet …
… Sending him off for golf with the guys, while our baby watches me prepare (or order) a special Father’s Day dinner …
… Finding little ways to let Darling Husband know that he is an incredible father, year-round.
Because he will be. I know it.
One diaper, two years
I WANT: BumGenius one-size cloth diapers
Remember my cloth-diapering rant? Well, I’m back with more ammunition. I want these!
These diapers are totally and completely amazing. They fit babies 7-35 pounds, so you buy one set and they will last until your tot’s in potty-trained. Well, I think so, anyway. How old is a 35-pounder? Two?
Anyway, wowee. Love them!
COST: $24.99
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P.S. I know I said I would consider sewing them myself, but I feel like handmade ones might fall apart in the laundry? … Hmm, maybe I should make a trial one.
My Husband Rocks
Dear Darling Husband,
Our vacation last week was wonderful. You tirelessly drove us all over America the Beautiful, allowing me to snooze in the passenger seat.
I will never forget how hard you laughed when you realized I was snoring away with my Ralph sunglasses overtop my pink satin slumber mask.
We adventured and tried new, crazy outdoorsy things, and you didn’t complain when I lingered in the souvenir shops. We saw beautiful sights, met really nice people, and managed to travel for 22 hours (each way) without jabbing each other with airline forks. It was awesome.
But then … we came home. We were thrown back to our usual routines — except crazier, to get caught up on everything. You’ve been working like mad. I’ve been busy with freelance.
I think spending six whole days with you spoiled me. Because I have missed you so much this week, and I just had to tell you that.
Love, your wife
xoxo
This letter is part of “My Husband Rocks Fridays”
The importance of raising children "properly"
“When you’re raising children, you don’t both go off to work and leave them for somebody else to raise. This is not a statement against daycare. It’s a statement about their belief in the importance of raising children properly.”
— Iris Evans, Alberta finance minister
Wow! An article on CBCnews.ca is causing people to go ballistic.
Alberta Finance Minister Iris Evans commented that she felt children should have one parent at home while they’re young, and people are saying she should be fired.
The article has nearly 1,000 comments already, and CBC started a poll, too…
You can just guess what I voted for, and look — 28% of people agree with me …
Unfortunately, the “different for every situation” answer really skewed things. Obviously, I do believe that it is different for every situation. I was raised by a single parent, and I think I turned out pretty damn good.
But it would have been more interesting to see what people chose between “one parent should stay home” and “both parents working is just as good.”
What would you have chosen?
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