If you leave a door ajar while Gavin is napping, Logan might just barge in when you're busy elsewhere and wake him up. When you discover Logan, you'll whisk him away to his room to find something else to occupy him, hoping Gavin goes back to sleep. When you open the door to Logan and Carter's room, you'll discover that Carter is getting dressed. Carter, who was planning to surprise you by being dressed without being having been told to do so, might be offended. Very offended. He might be devastated that his surprise was discovered and his plan irreparably ruined. He will probably put his pajamas back on in protest. After trying to console him unsuccessfully, you might give up and go back to eating your breakfast, still hoping Gavin will go back to sleep. Then you will hear a door slam. You might react childishly to your child's childishness, and head to his room to read him the riot act for slamming the door. When Carter finally gets a word in edgewise, he will inform you that it was Logan, not him, that slammed the door. You might have to eat humble pie and apologize to you child for yelling at him for something he not only didn't do, but that you shouldn't have been yelling about in the first place. You might have to indicate that you fully expect him to be in his pajamas for the rest of the day, in hopes that he will see another opportunity to "surprise" you. Then you will probably have to give up on Gavin's nap and get him up because he obviously did not go back to sleep with all the commotion. When you put him down for his next nap, you will remember not to leave the door ajar.
Some mornings start out rough, but it's good to be able to laugh about it later.
I can empathize with the ruining your child's surprise. That tends to happen a lot in our house, and usually results in tears. The whole story actually sounds very familiar.
ReplyDeleteYou always write your stories in such a cute way, i feel like i am reading a book! :-)
ReplyDeleteMy fave line: "You might react childishly to your child's childishness"