Anti-Daddy

"Daddy bye-bye! That way!"

I've been hearing that a lot lately.

"Daddy go!" and "Daddy hide!" are two other phrases in the local vernacular.

Shane loves his Mommy. Anyone who hugs his mommy without his approval is the enemy.

And he never approves!

I'm sure it's a phase almost all little boys go through: Mommy-itis. Shane has even started calling out "Mommy!" in the mornings instead of "Daddy!" (as of Tuesday).

I'll win him back when he's a little older.

There's only two times of day that I'm a total rockstar: bath time and bed time. I'm also the outdoors parent, but I'm only in his good graces until it's time to go back inside (then I'm the enemy once again).

Shane loves the bath and I'm always the bath parent. He makes me blow bubbles (" DADDY BLOW!?") and recently I started spitting bath water ("DADDY SPIT?!").  Last night, I showed Shane a spit bubble. The kid made me make them continuously for the next 10 minutes until I had dry mouth!

Carrie gets a little upset whenever I mention I'm the parent non-grata. I think it's funny, because it doesn't really upset me. I figure it's just a phase and I can harass him about it when he's older.

Carrie knows the intense Mommy-love could be a phase, too.

Once when Shane was nuzzling her, she looked at him and said "One day when you're older and embarrassed of me because I'm your mother, I'm going to remind you there was a time you were so jealous you'd kick anyone who hugged me!"

I think it's cute how much she's enjoying it now.

I also think it's funny that she can't sneak out of the room for a break without Shane noticing and I can check my email at will!