Mr. Mom's Weekend

The conference the Missus went to lasted from Thursday through Saturday, so Mr. Mom was pretty busy this weekend. I had a list of things I wanted to do this weekend:

1. Clean and organize the basement
2. Clean and organize the mudroom
3. Clean the garage
4. Cut and trim the lawn

I almost got the basement cleaned and organized, and that was about it for my list.

I did accomplish a few other things. Speed and Trixie now know how to stick out their tongues. Tessa does it and then smiles. She lifts her chin and giggles quietly. The boy does it and smiles his big toothless grin. Both are sights guaranteed to melt their dad's heart into protoplasm every time.

I also got to hold them a lot. They have different styles. When you hold Tessa, she makes herself into a little ball, perfect for cuddling. Adam kind of melts into you, and wraps himself around you like a comfortable sweatshirt.

On Friday, I cut their nails, which is a very stressful time for me. The last time I did it, with the baby nail clippers, I managed to cut the tip of Tessa's thumb. She cried, I cried, it was terrible. This time I used small trimming scissors, and it went much better. It's still tough to cut them well enough, periodically a new little scratch shows up on one of their faces and upsets everyone but them.

Saturday, they were a little fussy. I think they just wanted to stay awake to be around dear ol' Dad. Since they didn't want to nap, we turned to the awesome Turner Classic Movies and watched the Cary Grant film festival together. Trixie liked the pink submarine in Operation Petticoat. Adam preferred the gritty submarine realism of Destination: Tokyo, but of course enjoyed the great Alan Hale as "Cookie" the comedic cook. Tessa fell asleep by the time Monkey Business was on, but Adam and I thought it was pretty good. He liked the monkey. I liked Marilyn Monroe.

It was a pretty good weekend, but I'm sure glad the Missus is back!