Being a SAHD is Soooo Easy!

What a great day we had! Probably the best SAHD day ever(well so far)! I don’t know if you believe in the spirits and such, but there have been two occaisions where my wife has asked for my Granpda (who Lucas is named after) to help him sleep and have him be a good boy. Both times she asked Grandpa to be with Lucas he took a 3 hour nap and yesterday he took a 2 hour and 10 minute nap(normal nap times range from 30-55 minutes) and was the happiest he has ever been! The strange thing is that it would have been my Grandpa’s 95th Birthday yesterday(insert Ghost sounds)! So let me just say thanks Grandpa! So, when you get at your wits end with these little guys…Maybe ask some people from your past to help out…



So basically Yesterday was a day filled with swimming lessons, napping for over 2 hours, no fussing, Lucas feeding himself, changing his own diaper, doing yoga to call himself down and discussing whether he thinks all vaccines are neccessary (Ok maybe he didn’t do yoga, but it sure felt like he did everything else). I’ve never seen him so happy just to be in the moment of being a baby!



OFF TO THE POOL

As we got to the pool for our first swim class, I noticed two other Dads in the locker room and the first thing I wanted to do was hug them (finally other SAHD…so I thought, the Moms were there, but the rule was one parent in the pool at a time..Come on Man!). So I did the next logical thing I wanted to make sure of was that I was in better shape than the other two(must be something that the SAHM are wearing off on me)..Which I don’t want to brag, but if I consider myself to have a two-pack (You know the top two abs showing if you can pull your stomach down a little…) these guys didn’t have any packs(So I was happy and probably the one the SAHM’s were giggling about..in a good way)…So we headed to the pool.(FYI I didn’t wear my Europrean bathing suit that my wife tricked me into buying during some afternoon cocktails in Croatia…Yes it is very tight)



The class was fun, Lucas loved the water! He also loved draining his snotty snots in the pool…He had this one snotty snot coming out of his nose and I like a good Dad got it out and then got out of the pool and went to put it in a towel. Then I got back in mid of “The wheels on the bus” song was chiming through the pool. (Oh man not another snotty snots). So what did Dad Wonder do? (freeze frame) Did He (A) get out and wipe in the towel again? or did he (B) Let it float!(I know gross) I would rather not divulge this information, but in my defense it was cold out of the pool and I figured they have so much chlorine in there that all the germs would be killed in a matter of minutes or end up in a drain). Son of a I think I gave the answer away, I hope they clean the pool before I go next time.



So next came the Humpty Dumpty song where you set your child on the edge of the pool and then when Humpty Falls the kids fall in the pool (I personally would like to hear Digital Underground version of the “Humpy Dance”, but that’s just me). Then they swim across the pool on there stomachs, nice and easy…Right? Well someone forgot to tell Luke that swimming is a quite sport. Lucas proceeds to scream in pure joy ‘ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhh’ to and fro to the pools end. I was laughing, the teacher was laughing, all the parents were laughing and he was loving it!



After a visit to Chipotle for Lunch (burrito bowls..maybe this is why I don’t have a full six-pack and I also love beer to much),I brought Lucas home and we played for a while and then he took his two hour nap! During this nap I also took a 30 minute nap and then went into super Dad mode: Laundry, Prepping Dinner, Fixed the bed (I don’t think our bed had been fixed since Lucas was born)! Then when my wife came home there was a glass of wine on the table and the Tuna was searing to top that off I got to have drinks with an old friend that night! FYI continuing to go out with friends is a must for any stay at home Dad.

Ok til next time,

Dad