For the first time today, Magnolia cried for her dad all evening. He went out to dinner with a friend and she just missed him. In the past she has cried when I'm away from her even if I've just gone to the gym for an hour. We even have a little routine of signing "I love you" to each other through the car window as I drive away. But this is a first, crying to me because Dad was not home.
While crying for Jason, she said, "He just does fun things that I can't tell you about." hmmmm When I pried into what that might be she confessed that he gives her candy and also lets her set up pillows and slide down them. I guess I got a couple cool points for saying, "Well, I think I can make a pillow slide too." And let me tell you, it ignited an hour of pillow sliding. And when I asked what exactly she missed about Dad. She said, "Well, his whole entire body." I told her I missed his whole body too.
It's a little bitter-sweet when your kid starts weeding out mom as the go-to person. But he's a pretty good dad so I totally understand.
On a side, non-jealous-of-Dad note, has anyone ever noticed how the lyrics for "The Wheels on the Bus" could lead child into thinking dads are cooler than moms?
The mommies on the bus say "SHH SHH SHH"
The daddies on the bus (who will take over as favorite parent soon) say "I LOVE YOU!"
But, seriously, I'm happy for the two of them.