They'll Make Anyone a Parent these Days!

There is a rumor circulating that being a parent makes you mature and wise. Baloney.

Pixie had been in bed for over an hour and Spike and I were watching some tv. We sometimes like to look at her asleep so I suggested we go in and peek at her. Spike instantly came up with a far better idea. "Why don't we go drip water on her face and see what she does!" I looked at him like he was a monster but a split second later realized I was a monster too and cheerfully replied "Okay!" We tiptoed gleefully into her dark room with our water bottle. We were only a few feet from crib in the dark room before we noticed she was sitting up and grinning at us. I guess her spidey sense warned her of our capricious intent. Disappointed, we left the room only to return an hour later with hopes of a second attempt at our little prank. She was still wide awake - daring us to try with a silly little smile. I went in once more time that night, close to midnight to see if she had finally fallen asleep only to find her still watching the door like a hawk. She's nobody's fool.

Just last week Spike and I were trying to get out the door but Pixie needed a diaper change so Spike graciously volunteered for a quick diaper duty. He disappeared with Pixie in the back room and 30 seconds later he yelled, "Honey, do we have any silver tape?"
"Silver tape?" I yelled back, not sure what he was talking about.
"Yeah, like Duct Tape!" he replied.
I had no clue what he could possibly need Duct Tape for and went to the back room to see what had happened. It turns out that with all his manly vigor, he had ripped the Velcro tabs off the fresh diaper but reasoned that the diaper itself was still in fine condition and could simply be Duct Taped around her little hips. There was an awkward pause while I tried to think of why this wouldn't be a good idea. "Forget it," said Spike, "I'll just stick a new one on her." In hindsight, this was a much better option than strapping her in with electrical tape - but for a moment there, we really weren't sure that duct tape wasn't a perfectly acceptable solution.

We're winging this whole parent thing. It's all fun and games until we get our kid taken away by the state!