I really want to call him back and chew his a$$ but I know I should not...
So Saturday morning he basically told Sydney he would move back, except for the fact that he didn't actually hear her question and just said, "Okay!" to what he thought was random 3-yr-old stuff.
I took Nathan to the toysrus to get a prize for his karate graduation. Sydney got a 99 cent toy microphone. She was singing and dancing with it last night and said, "I am going to sing to daddy when he comes back with his jammies"...
Then today she was at lunch with me and Nathan and suddenly started crying. I asked what was wrong and she said she missed her daddy....then Nathan said "Yeah, the other morning I woke up and daddy was gone to canada and I cried b/c he wasn't there"...well turns out Sydney actually burned her finger on a hot plate which was why she cried...but yet she must miss her dad too obviously.
Then finally this afternoon/evening she had her microphone out singing and I complimented her. She got all shy and turned and hid her head and said, "I'm not singing for you I am gonna sing for daddy all the days when he comes home"
Dan called tonight at 8 while we were driving, he had tried us at home and we were out. I haven't called him for almost a week now. I asked if he had a plan for straightening out Sydney and he got all antsy and said to call when we got home.
I didn't want to talk to him but I texted to ask 'what do you plan to say to her' because as her mom I think I should know the explanation he is giving and I know as a 3yr old she won't be able to tell me what he says to her... He didn't reply. Of course.
So I called from my bedroom while they were watching a movie on Disney channel (great, didn't realize it was Parent Trap!)...asked him why he hadn't replied. He got frazzled again and said he didn't know...I asked him his plan and he said "How can I explain something like that to her over the phone?" I said, so you don't plan to set her straight while you are gone? He said, "no". So I was irritated and I told him about her singing with her microphone and that she believes he is coming back.
And I told him that my mom told me today (we had a birthday party this afternoon) that when Sydney was there Thursday night taking a bath she was getting her pjs and told my mom, "My daddy doesn't have his jammies at my house. I want him to come home to my house." And then Nathan said he did too...
Of course he got frustrated-sounding and said any time the kids say those things, to just have them call him. I said "That is fine, I can do that every time. What exactly are you going to say when Nathan says he cries b/c he misses you, or Sydney says she wants you home? And why are you mad at ME about it?" He said he was not mad at me...
I know I promised myself I wouldn't speak to him anymore, but I said other than about the kids. And this is all about them.
