All in a Day
36 Hours as a Single Parent
Making use of advancements in Internet technology (Twitter, Jott and Hahlo), one parent chronicles a weekend without his better half. 08:27 AM February 23, 2008
At home with Kyla alone this weekend. Going to grocery store. She just put her baby doll in time out. Her baby is being impudent.
08:31 AM February 23, 2008
she's singing the ABCs while disciplining her baby doll...
08:35 AM February 23, 2008
She wants to wear tennis shoes. Not ballet shoes. Decisions decisions.
08:43 AM February 23, 2008
Finally off to the grocery. She got dressed all by herself. We forgot to go potty before we left. Hope for no accidents.
 08:46 AM February 23, 2008
Kyla declares she's cold.
09:00 AM February 23, 2008
Kyla is being surprisingly good in the shopping cart.
09:05 AM February 23, 2008
Now she's walking. Perhaps I spoke too soon. We'll see...
09:14 AM February 23, 2008
The boar's head logo is a warthog. Thank you Lion King.
 09:31 AM February 23, 2008
34 degrees outside and spitting snow. Kyla's wearing a skirt with no tights. A sweater with no coat. Her mother will be so happy with me.
Created via Jott: 23 Feb 2008, 9:31am
Hello my name is Kyla. Hello mama. Hey mommy I miss you. Come back soon. I love you. Bye.
09:40 AM February 23, 2008
Putting groceries away while Kyla has a raisin snack and watches Arthur. Does she watch too much TV? How will we ever know?
09:45 AM February 23, 2008
Can I clean up the destruction that is the kitchen by the time Arthur is off? Single parenting is hard(er). How did my sister ever do it?
09:56 AM February 23, 2008
In the words of Leo, Quincy, Annie and June -- MISSION COMPLETION! (good heavens... maybe we do watch too much TV)
09:57 AM February 23, 2008
Kyla is yelling at me to "come here daddy..." Let's go see why...
09:58 AM February 23, 2008
Oh... Kyla poured the entire new bag of Craisins into the bowl to eat. Can you say vomit?
10:16 AM February 23, 2008
Kyla just went pee pee all by herself. Yay. She told me she had diarrhea and gas in her body. She had neither.
10:34 AM February 23, 2008
Kyla made a tent. For her and her baby. Don't worry. There's no ghost outside.
10:37 AM February 23, 2008
There are now itty bitty ghosts outside with the smores.
11:33 AM February 23, 2008
Lasagna and macaroni & cheese for lunch? Yes. Both. Really? No. Just lasagna. Great.
12:18 AM February 23, 2008
Read some Pooh before nap. Hope she sleeps for a bit. She's stopped napping at school, and evening time is definitely worse for wear.
03:05 PM February 23, 2008
2 hour nap later. Pleasant little toddler "writing a letter." She just drew a "seal." A "happy" seal chasing a frog. Down the stairs.
03:34 PM February 23, 2008
Playing hi ho cherry o. She's green, I'm yellow. She's cheating (to her disadvantage).
03:50 PM February 23, 2008
Off to Granmommy and Grandaddy's house. Thank sweet peter for built in babysitting.
Created via Jott: 23 Feb 2008, 5:08pm
It really is a good thing for built in baby sitting I had tinkered with the idea of taking Kyla with me to pick up her new bed and that I would just put it together with her around. It proved a little more difficult than I had thought it would and hence I'm thankful to pick up the bed, but also for watching Kyla for a couple of hours while I did that and put it together. Who knew? We will just see if she sleeps in it.
Created via Jott: 23 Feb 2008, 5:11pm
We always hear parents on dates... only seems like yesterday, but it really does only seem like maybe a few weeks ago that I was putting together Kyla's crib and that was before she was born, so that was 3 years ago. I remember being in her room and struggling to get that final piece on and figure out exactly how you raise and lower the railing. Times like this do not take quite as long. Perhaps that's much like raising children: it does get easier as a they get older in terms of the tools they require.
06:58 PM February 23, 2008
Sitting across from Kyla at dinner she said to me, "Dad, can you leave me alone for a little bit?" I can't wait for the teenage years.
07:44 PM February 23, 2008
Bathtime. A bit later than usual. But complete with more than 50 plastic Easter eggs as bath toys. Why? Who knows. $#&@ Easter Bunny.
08:25 PM February 23, 2008
Big girl bed = big girl attitude? Tonight it did anyway. I pray I don't awake to two little eyes staring me down in the middle of the night.
10:45 PM February 23, 2008
Here's hoping she makes it all night long without rolling out of that new BGB. I'm off to sleep in my BBB. G'night.
06:39 AM February 24, 2008
About 1:00 AM I hear this little shuffling of feet into my bedroom. She's out of her BGB. Her pillow fell off the bed. I must retrieve it.
06:39 AM February 24, 2008
About 4:00 AM I check on her. She awakes and squeals when I leave. Then she tells me to go back to bed. Who's the parent here?
06:40 AM February 24, 2008
This big girl shuffles in at 6:30 AM to tell me she has to go potty. Dry pants and all. I'm giving her the keys to the car next.
 07:43 AM February 24, 2008
Given the choice to play by herself for a few minutes or go to timeout, she chose for me to leave her alone. I'm no longer her best friend.
09:33 AM February 24, 2008
"Daddy you're not my best friend anymore. Daddy you're not my best friend anymore. Daddy you're not my best friend anymore."
10:05 AM February 24, 2008
Will time out ever work? Where's the failure. The parent or the child?
11:32 AM February 24, 2008
Kyla helped make lunch. Turkey s-wich, chips, cantaloupe. She ate it all gone. Nap time in BGB is nigh. I predict hijinx.
11:53 AM February 24, 2008
Hijinx #1: Potty False Alarm
12:29 AM February 24, 2008
Hijinx #2: Wants to sleep in mommy & daddy's room.
12:31 AM February 24, 2008
Hijinx #3: Wants to sleep on top of the covers. Letting the wild tiger out of her cage.
02:00 PM February 24, 2008
Hijinx #4: Potty False Alarm #2. No nap. Mom's home. I'm gonna take a shower.
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