Tonight I went to pick up our children and my D was irritable when I got there and told me I have seen you all day and I want to stay with Mommy. I know what she really meant is that she wanted to stay with our babysitter's niece and little brother, whom she had been with all day. My D wanted to go to my W's softball game because all of them were going. I told my W it was OK and took my son with me.
He and I laid on the floor and played with his thick page books and he laughed, drooled, and crawled all over me. We had so much fun bonding. I love that little boy so much. It was a beautiful time.
9:15 rolled around and I called my W to ask where my D was. My W said they were almost to my place. When my D arrived, I talked with her for a while. I told her that I understood how fun it is to play with the kids, Daddy doesn't get to spend enough time with her. We talked about our need to spend time together when we can and I explained that it is important for me and for us to make sure we spend our time together and that my sheduled time with her was time that we were going to spend together in the future. She understood, I am pretty sure, and we ended up having a beautiful evening together. I love my little Ms. Personality Plus, too.
My D called mommy to ask her to bring her diffent pajamas. My W brought them over and told me right away that she couldn't stay. I told her, I didn't ask you to stay. On her way out the door, she remarked that she really liked how my place looked. I said thanks.
I also decided that I will not allow my W to decorate my D's room at my place. I discussed this with my D that she (my D) and I would be in charge of decorating her room. She said that mommy is a good painter. So I said mommy could help. My D then told me that SHE(my D) would be in charge! Bossy little thing, isn't she?
