I haven't had a chance to write about this since I've been so busy working, but Erin went back to work on Wednesday and she felt pretty bad about it...
Tuesday was the day that we dropped off both Audrey and Margo at daycare. Erin was still home for the day, but she wanted a trial run to make sure everything went smoothly. I decided to take the day off as well so the two of us could hang out without having to worry about screaming kids.
We spent the day running around shopping so that Erin could get some new clothes for work. I managed to squeeze in some new pants as well. Then we ended it by going to "paint your plate" on a whim since we had walked past it. We picked out the same mugs and she painted hers with flowers, I painted mine with Kafka's "Metamorphosis" as the theme. Then we went home to snuggle on the couch and watch Oprah. I personally wasn't into the Oprah part, but I liked being able to snuggle on the couch without distraction like the old days.
We finally went to pick up the kids and brought them home. While I was making dinner, and Erin was with Audrey and Margo in the porch, I called out that dinner was ready. Annoyed that no one was responding I yelled again. Audrey suddenly bolted from the porch, past me and into her bedroom. More annoyed that Erin wasn't helping get Audrey ready for the high-chair, I gave an even more snotty, "Dinner's ready". But Erin was bent over in her chair with her hands covering her face. I asked if she was ok, and she said that she was sad. I was expecting that to happen- that she would have a hard time with the idea of going back to work after spending three months with Margo.
I ran over to give her a hug. I asked what happened and Erin said that she didn't know. How she was just sitting there and realized that she was with her family and started to cry. While we were talking, Audrey came running back with her favorite blanket saying in a panic, "Mommie? Blankie? Blankie make you feel better?" She handed Erin the blanket, which was amazing. Generally, Audrey is a jerk. She won't share anything with anyone. She won't even let you sit on her bed very long much less part with her favorite blanket. So to have her see that her mom was upset, and instantly run for her blanket was pretty sweet on her part.
She hugged Erin and repeated over and over that Mommy should stop crying. That of course, made Erin cry even harder. Audrey crawled up on her lap and wiped the tears off her cheek and leaned in for big hugs. It was the sweetest thing I'd ever seen, and I started to tear up a little. But I'm not gay.
I handed Erin a tissue to wipe the tears off, and Audrey instantly snatched it from me and started doing the wiping herself, which she would back up by wrapping her little arms around Erin's head and giving her big cheeky hugs. I could barely stand it.
Later, when I was putting Audrey into bed, I asked her if she remembered mommy crying. She said that she did, and ran off a laundry list of how she had brought her blanket, because it makes her feel better when she's sad- And how she wiped mommy's tears, and gave her hugs. I told her that I was really proud of her for being so nice and I swear the little bastard roller her eyes at me. I'm not kidding. She rolled her eyes and changed the subject to the Backyardagains episode she watched. I tried to bring up how she shared her blanket with mommy, and how that made her happy and made me happy- and she changed the subject again. So even after all that, my kid is still kind of a dick.
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