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It has been exactly two months since my last post, mostly because I have not come up for air in what seems like forever! This blog begins to weigh on me, I open it, look at it, remind Jamie that he too is a contributor and can post and proceed to close it and leave it for another day! So here I am finally giving an update.
First, Zuzu is truly the 6 million dollar dog! She has healed wonderfully and you would never know about her injury. Yeah! AND, we are still pretty darn crazy about her.....although I am not entirely crazy about her chosen poop spot in my dining room! I suppose that makes it predictable and easy to locate, so all in all, minimal complaints! :)
As for our frantic pace of life, let's just say it is SPRING! At long last, I believe it is here! With spring's arrival comes soccer, baseball, dance competitions, lacrosse, and bike races! A few weeks ago, I decided on an whim (8 hours before) to pack up and head to St. George (for the 3rd consecutive weekend) with my friend Jules to play in a tennis tourney. In my quick departure, I pretty much left Jamie to his own devices to manage the kids. In true Jamie fashion, he upped the ante and continued his campaign for the"Good Parent" award.
What is the "Good Parent" you ask? Well, you've heard of Good Cop/Bad Cop? Same thing! Only trouble is, I am always playing "bad parent'.
A day with me sounds a little like ....."Do your chores, practice your piano, is your homework done?, clean your room, come empty the dishwasher, no TV until you are totally done with your chores, No! I won't take you to the gas station to buy candy again!!"
Well, throughout my weekend, I received several text messages complete with photos from Jamie as he lobbied to keep his post as Good Parent. If there was audio I reckon it would have sounded somewhat like this:
"Oh, you guys want to make a big ooey, gooey cake and put blue frosting on it...absolutely...let's make 3!" (OK, Emily our fab babysitter helped out here but...)
"Who wants to drive 40 minutes to Krispy Kreme in Orem for a hot sample? Then we can get dozens of them play the donut fairy to all of our friends"
(Yes, they are NOT in their jammies still, but they didn't comb their hair)
" OH....conference, smompference.....let's go swimming!!!"
As I type this I find myself feeling a bit of remorse for being more house manager and snuggler than spontaneous and fun with the kiddos........That is, however, the job of the good parent isn't it! (wink, wink)
Jamie truly is The Good/Better Parent! I just wish he'd quit making me looks so bad!
