best dad/uncle?
a special someone said that to me last night - well texted it to me. it could be debated based on the events of last night.
last night we had a small party for Rhys at my moms house. my sisters came and my nephew Luke (3 years old) had his friend Nathan (4 years old) with him. well my mom told me that after the party she was going to the movies with my stepdad. no big deal really - i just wanted to go over to the Mel's place to help out with resume stuff and to - whatever.
well my sisters are getting ready to leave and they ask where mom is - i told them that her and Ken went to the movies and my sister is like well they were going to watch Luke and Nathan tonight, i have plans.
so being that crazy guy i am - i said i would watch them.
wow!!!!
i typically put Rhys in the bath around 7:30 - 7:45. we have a 15 minute bathtime and then it off to bed. well i put on power rangers for Luke and Nathan and started giving Rhys his bath. about 5 minutes into the bath 2 naked little boys run into the bathroom and jump in the tub. the 15 minute bathtime turned to almost 30 minutes and i was shocked Rhys was having such a good time. i get everyone out of the bath and dried off - i sent Luke and Nathan to put on their pajamas and i get Rhys ready for bed.
by this time it is bedtime for Luke and Nathan also - so i tell them that they need to go lay down and i will be in there in 5 minutes. i lay Rhys in his pack and play and head off to Lukes room. i sat on the floor with Luke and Nathan and told them that i would hang out for 5 minutes and then it was time to turn off the lights.
surprisingly they were complaint. so it is almost 9:00 now and i sit down to try and watch something on TV. the next thing i hear over Rhys's baby monitor is Luke whispering.
"Rhys wake up, we have a mission to go on. You can be Sandman. Nathan is Venom and I am Spiderman" then i hear a loud bang and then i hear Rhys laughing - i go into his room and Luke and Nathan have jumped into the pack and play.
i pull them out and tell them to get in bed. i am so blessed to have the easiest kid in the world - i laid Rhys down and never heard a peep out of him the rest of the night. Luke and Nathan weren't making any noise so i just left them alone.
i gave up on TV and started working on some stuff for the Mel's. it is almost midnight when i hear noise coming from Luke's room - i go and put my ear to the door and i can hear then arguing over who gets to wear the Spiderman web slinger. i swing the door open and they scatter into their beds. but being the kids they are, they can't help but laugh and me being the kid i am - i did the same.
Nathan tells me that they had important things to do and that he was Venom and Luke was Spiderman and that I was Peter Parker cause i had glasses. i then told them that i wasn't peter parker, i told them I was The Jackal and that The Jackal was going to defeat Venom and Spiderman into going to sleep.
yeah well that didn't work - i got attacked from both sides and had to sit them down with me on the floor. i tried talking them into going to bed - i told them that The Jackal gets mean after midnight - then Luke asks who The Jackal is - this is where i should have cut it off.
but i didn't - i proceeded to tell them about other characters from the Spiderman comic series and what their powers were. i finally bored them to sleep around 12:45 and went to bed myself.
when i was getting ready this morning Luke told me that he wanted to be Spidercide cause he was friends with The Jackal - Luke is 3 and amazes me at the things he retains.
so yeah as far as fun goes - i am a good dad/uncle. but as far as responsibility goes i am not so sure. :P
last night we had a small party for Rhys at my moms house. my sisters came and my nephew Luke (3 years old) had his friend Nathan (4 years old) with him. well my mom told me that after the party she was going to the movies with my stepdad. no big deal really - i just wanted to go over to the Mel's place to help out with resume stuff and to - whatever.
well my sisters are getting ready to leave and they ask where mom is - i told them that her and Ken went to the movies and my sister is like well they were going to watch Luke and Nathan tonight, i have plans.
so being that crazy guy i am - i said i would watch them.
wow!!!!
i typically put Rhys in the bath around 7:30 - 7:45. we have a 15 minute bathtime and then it off to bed. well i put on power rangers for Luke and Nathan and started giving Rhys his bath. about 5 minutes into the bath 2 naked little boys run into the bathroom and jump in the tub. the 15 minute bathtime turned to almost 30 minutes and i was shocked Rhys was having such a good time. i get everyone out of the bath and dried off - i sent Luke and Nathan to put on their pajamas and i get Rhys ready for bed.
by this time it is bedtime for Luke and Nathan also - so i tell them that they need to go lay down and i will be in there in 5 minutes. i lay Rhys in his pack and play and head off to Lukes room. i sat on the floor with Luke and Nathan and told them that i would hang out for 5 minutes and then it was time to turn off the lights.
surprisingly they were complaint. so it is almost 9:00 now and i sit down to try and watch something on TV. the next thing i hear over Rhys's baby monitor is Luke whispering.
"Rhys wake up, we have a mission to go on. You can be Sandman. Nathan is Venom and I am Spiderman" then i hear a loud bang and then i hear Rhys laughing - i go into his room and Luke and Nathan have jumped into the pack and play.
i pull them out and tell them to get in bed. i am so blessed to have the easiest kid in the world - i laid Rhys down and never heard a peep out of him the rest of the night. Luke and Nathan weren't making any noise so i just left them alone.
i gave up on TV and started working on some stuff for the Mel's. it is almost midnight when i hear noise coming from Luke's room - i go and put my ear to the door and i can hear then arguing over who gets to wear the Spiderman web slinger. i swing the door open and they scatter into their beds. but being the kids they are, they can't help but laugh and me being the kid i am - i did the same.
Nathan tells me that they had important things to do and that he was Venom and Luke was Spiderman and that I was Peter Parker cause i had glasses. i then told them that i wasn't peter parker, i told them I was The Jackal and that The Jackal was going to defeat Venom and Spiderman into going to sleep.
yeah well that didn't work - i got attacked from both sides and had to sit them down with me on the floor. i tried talking them into going to bed - i told them that The Jackal gets mean after midnight - then Luke asks who The Jackal is - this is where i should have cut it off.
but i didn't - i proceeded to tell them about other characters from the Spiderman comic series and what their powers were. i finally bored them to sleep around 12:45 and went to bed myself.
when i was getting ready this morning Luke told me that he wanted to be Spidercide cause he was friends with The Jackal - Luke is 3 and amazes me at the things he retains.
so yeah as far as fun goes - i am a good dad/uncle. but as far as responsibility goes i am not so sure. :P
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