When Craig gets home from work in the evening, he usually finds the kids and me waiting for him at the end of the driveway. I wave and smile, the kids jump up and down… it’s all very Normal Rockwell. Craig thinks it’s sweet. The neighbors think it’s sweet. It is kind of sweet.
But here’s what nobody knows:
We meet Craig at the end of the driveway because I cannot wait another three minutes to pass off the children.
I’ve watched through the front window when he arrives home and seen how he dawdles in the car before getting out, inches to the mailbox, stops to pet every passing puppy, and then creeps up to the front door with little teeny baby steps. Let’s just say it’s a bit slower process than he employs when he runs out the door to leave for work in the morning.
So, welcome home, honey! Hugs. Kisses. Here are your three beautiful children. No, no, don’t worry about the mail, I’ll get it. Just hurry on inside.
I’M ON TO YOU, MISTER.
OMG! I just sent this to my husband. We have 6 year old twins and I can remember telling Carey to come.straight.home. Do not talk with anyone in the elevator. Do not stop at the grocery store. I want you to get in your car and come.straight.home. I am going to the store!!! I’d open the garage door as he was pulling in the drive way and leave the kids at the door waiting on him. I was in my car and gone by the time he was kissing the kids. Hello TARGET!!!!
Love your blog. Read the whole this this weekend.
It has seriously had an impact on my life.
-Shannon in Texas
Sooo funny!! I sent this to my husband so he would know I’m not the only psycho mom out there who makes sure he comes straight home and never goes to the mailbox before walking through the door!
LOL! LOVE THIS! So glad I'm not the only one out there! I esp love that my husband has a 45minute communte home…IN PEACE…by himself, and then he's on a conference call for the first 15-30 minutes he comes in the door!
OMG these are great, I thought I was the only one who's husband did this crap! And your follower with the hubby who goes straight to the bathroom, Todd does that too and my god it takes at least 20 minutes!!!
We are usually on the corner waiting (this works well because then the kids get to "drive" home and I get to walk 2 blocks in silence) I am pretty sure the neighbors think we are crazy since we can pace up and down the street for a good 1 hour before dad gets home.
This cracked me up – but I know it's the most annoying thing in the world because it happens to me too! My husband will stand outside on his blackberry for 15 minutes before he comes inside. Meanwhile, I have two children clinging to my legs as I stand at the stove cooking dinner. LOVE YOUR BLOG!
OMG! Nate and I fight about this all the time. His thing is going to the bathroom. just HAS to do it the minute he comes home from work. and of course his going and my going are two very different things (no pun intended). sometimes I swear he has snuck out the window in the bathroom. get out of there already!!! do you think IIIIII can just go to the bathroom whenever and for however long I want to?! argh
I used to do the same thing when Aidan was a baby…I'd sit on the front steps and just wait. My heart lifted when his car would turn down the street! And it wasn't the romance of it!!!
So funny.
Come.Straight.Home.
Honey, I was thinking of making a stop at the grocery store this evening after work. Want anything special?
Sneaky… now I know what my husband is up to.