Interview with daddy on 'babysitting'
Shaz: So tell me mousehunter, how was your day posing as “mommy”
Mousehunter: It was cool! Not stressful at all really!
Shaz: Really? I’m intrigued, please tell us exactly what you did all day!!
Mousehunter: I took care of the kids! Fed them, napped them, changed them, and then still had time to do the laundry and fold all the clothes that you had sitting there for weeks!
Shaz: Ummm, riiiiight… well, let me ask you something, how much actual income-earning work did you get done?
Mousehunter: None, but you know it’s my day off right?
Shaz: Hmmm…. Anyways, tell us what you fed them.
Mousehunter: Mac & Cheese with spinach and by the way, they ate all of it!
Shaz: Wow mousehunter! That is impressive! But, can you tell us who prepared the food? Ummm, for both breakfast and lunch?
Mousehunter: I really don’t see how that is relevant!
Shaz: Ya, I thought you might not want to discuss that! Ok… how did nap time go?
Mousehunter: Great! It was a piece of cake!
Shaz: “Piece of cake” was-it? Could it be because you napped with them?
Mousehunter: Again, I don’t see how this is relevant!
Shaz: Ok, ok… so you said you did laundry right? Where were the kids?
Mousehunter: I took the almost 3 year old down with me.
Shaz: And the baby?
Mousehunter: You know where the baby was!
Shaz: Yes honey, but our friends don’t!
Mousehunter: You took care of him!
Shaz: Ah yes, I did take care of the baby! And that my friends, is how dads do it!
(I did enjoy my day to work almost without interuption, and I felt that since my husband had such a wonderful time with the kids that he would jump at the chance to switch roles on a more permenant basis… )
Shaz: So, ummm, what do you think about the idea of you staying home with the kids and me going back out to work?
Mousehunter: Ummm, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
