When Mommy's Away...

The kids will play. And that includes Matt!

Matt had the girls to himself all day on Sunday while I went to my friend Lori's baby shower. I left at 9am and didn't return until 11pm. Obviously, he's very capable, but this is definitely the longest he's had all four by himself. I needn't have worried, since he had a whole day planned. He left the house shortly after I did and went to Central Park in San Mateo, where he took this picture with his phone. I think he was trying to document his stellar parenting!

Everyone was still alive. I think he was feeling pretty good, and must have looked pretty sure of himself because another woman asked to take a picture of him with the girls. She wanted to show the picture to her husband to prove that he could handle their (measly) two kids. Matt obliged, and went on to feel even more confident.

He got all four girls swinging at the same time:

More kudos for Daddy!!


Then, they all hit McDonald's. (Not ideal, but who am I to judge? The guy in the window at the Burger King next to our house knows me a little too well.) After this, the details are a little murky. Somewhere between Mickey D's and home, Matt's parental compass went haywire. He took a sharp detour, and headed...straight to the pet store??!! Yep, you read that right. The pet store. I guess Matt was feeling like four little charges were a piece of cake. Why not add three more?


Our family has grown by three goldfish named Rosie, Diamond Castle and Minnie.

Sigh.