Monday, January 12, 2009

Dispatches from New Krypton: Manic Monday!

As I had blogged earlier, my wife and I are trying to make do with less help, literally. Of course, as soon as we had decided to do so, the world went all weird on us. Juan alternately got sick, got better, then got sick again, and we're not even sure that it all happened in that order. Despite Tina's best attempts to purge her diet of all possible allergens that she could pass on to the extremely allergic bundle of joy that is Lucia, our pretty little baby princess suffered a particularly nasty attack last night that left her angelic face covered in rashes. Manuel discovered my secret stash of Belgian chocolates, which is really the equivalent of handing Manuel the keys to the house for the next few hours or so. Manuel sans sugar is already very assertive; Manuel hopped up on sugar is absolutely despotic.

Still, I was able to get to work by 10 am, and when I left all seemed well. Moreover, when I left, my boys cried out "See you later!" First, we have to bring home the cured belly of a swine carcass. After that, yes, I'll see you later. Till then, take care of your mama, without whose devoted parenting, you would be in more of a chocolate covered mess than you guys already are.

2 comments:

Loopy said...

I hope Lucia feels better!

And yes, Manuel can be quite a handful! He's so cute that he unwittingly makes you his slave!

Alexis said...

Oh dear, chaos! But the kids are as adorable as always. :P