Well, we’re all excited that the SomaCalf has finally arrived!! You can tell I’m excited about her because I keep using TWO exclamation points, and because I typed “two” in all caps!!
Being well-versed in the ways of child-rearing (which is the creepiest parenting term ever invented) as a result of raising the twenty-eight kids in my house (including the eight Vietnamese kids), it is only natural that Geoff would come to me for advice for the new Dad. What is not natural, is that he now calls me every three hours, including 1, 4, and 7 am. I don’t mind the 1am and 7am so much, because I’m up at those hours anyway, watching “Matlock”.
Don’t get me wrong. Geoff will make a fine father. It just takes a little bit of breaking in, at first.
One of the most
*brrrrring*
Oh, hang on. Geoff is calling me right now.
Me: Yello?
Geoff: Hey, J.
Me: What’s up, d00d?
Geoff: Oh, nothing. I’m just wondering…I’ve tried several different farming implements, and she can’t seem to operate any of them.
Me: Maybe a rattle or stuffed toy would be more appropriate for, say, the first six months?
Geoff: Ok, thanks. *click*
You’ve got to give him credit. He tries so hard.
But I was going to say that one of the most important things about
*brrrrring*
Hang on…
Me: Yo.
Geoff: Hey, J.
Me: What’s going on?
Geoff: Chunky peanut butter, or smooth?
Me: No peanut butter, Geoff. No peanut butter at all.
Geoff: Ok, thanks. *click*
Ha! He’ll get the hang of it, don’t worry.
And along the way, he will learn that one of the most important things about being a father is to always
*brrrrring*
BRB…
Me: What up?
Geoff: Hey, J.
Me: Whatcha got, man?
Geoff: Well, is there any situation in which sparks should be shooting out of the baby’s rect*click*
I gotta go.
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