In Laws tend to forget...
I think sometimes our parents or in-laws tend to forget what it was like when the kids were young and every waking minute of your day is planned out to the smallest milli-second.
A few weeks ago, my in-laws were over for dinner. Our schedule is so hectic with twins, business and packing to move, they brought dinner over. We love spending time with them, but sometimes it is impossible to answer every phone call and sometimes these calls don't get returned until the next day....a concept my father-in-law was struggling with. I think he forgot what life is like with two small children, a business, a full time job, etc...well lets just say dinner that Sunday night reminded him.
Let me give you a little background: house looks like we had a fraternity party and didn't clean up, twins are in rare form and wound up from a long weekend, two large labs allow us to share their house and my husband had just came back in town from a business trip.
We sat down for dinner on make-shift chairs ( boxes ) and were enjoying a great meal. My in-laws were managing to keep up with the twins conversation ( as much as you can keep up with two 5 year olds ) watch me continue to serve dinner and keep the dogs out of the kitchen. With in one minute of this tranquil setting, the home phone rang, the first 5 year old announced she had to poop and the dog threw up. I encouraged the 5 year old to run to the bathroom, not through the puddle of sick, and hurry....Since we didn't answer the home phone, our cell phones started ringing, I ushered the 115 lb. lab outside, tried to get the other lab out as well and then the second 5 year old announced her fanny itched and was wondering who could help her with it? The first 5 year old is hollering for someone to help her wipe her fanny, she second 5 year old it itching hers as she ran to the bathroom and the puddle of stuff in the middle of the living room floor is starting to reek! The home phone rang again and now both kids are needing assistance in the bathroom! After this very long minute, I looked at my father and mother in law and they both had this look on their face like they had just seen Elvis!
After getting everything answered, itched, wiped and cleaned up, my in-laws announced they had a better understanding of why we don't answer the phone the first time....Looking back on it now, I couldn't have explained our life better to them, sometimes words just aren't enough!
A few weeks ago, my in-laws were over for dinner. Our schedule is so hectic with twins, business and packing to move, they brought dinner over. We love spending time with them, but sometimes it is impossible to answer every phone call and sometimes these calls don't get returned until the next day....a concept my father-in-law was struggling with. I think he forgot what life is like with two small children, a business, a full time job, etc...well lets just say dinner that Sunday night reminded him.
Let me give you a little background: house looks like we had a fraternity party and didn't clean up, twins are in rare form and wound up from a long weekend, two large labs allow us to share their house and my husband had just came back in town from a business trip.
We sat down for dinner on make-shift chairs ( boxes ) and were enjoying a great meal. My in-laws were managing to keep up with the twins conversation ( as much as you can keep up with two 5 year olds ) watch me continue to serve dinner and keep the dogs out of the kitchen. With in one minute of this tranquil setting, the home phone rang, the first 5 year old announced she had to poop and the dog threw up. I encouraged the 5 year old to run to the bathroom, not through the puddle of sick, and hurry....Since we didn't answer the home phone, our cell phones started ringing, I ushered the 115 lb. lab outside, tried to get the other lab out as well and then the second 5 year old announced her fanny itched and was wondering who could help her with it? The first 5 year old is hollering for someone to help her wipe her fanny, she second 5 year old it itching hers as she ran to the bathroom and the puddle of stuff in the middle of the living room floor is starting to reek! The home phone rang again and now both kids are needing assistance in the bathroom! After this very long minute, I looked at my father and mother in law and they both had this look on their face like they had just seen Elvis!
After getting everything answered, itched, wiped and cleaned up, my in-laws announced they had a better understanding of why we don't answer the phone the first time....Looking back on it now, I couldn't have explained our life better to them, sometimes words just aren't enough!
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