Lily and I went to mass this evening (Saturday) because tomorrow is going to be so busy picking Max up from camp. When we arrived home, Jay had dinner ready and on the table so we all sat down to eat.
Halfway through dinner Jay looked at me and asked seriously, “Did you see the couch?”
My heart fell. What did they DO? What have they destroyed now? I just put a new slipcover on one of them last week. They couldn’t possibly have…
No, they could. I know the destructive potential of these kids.
“What happened?!?” I demanded, probably with a look of horror on my face. (Because that’s what I was feeling!)
Jay laughed and said, “Nevermind, I guess you haven’t.”
So at that point I was up out of my seat. I went to the living room first, but the couches looked just their normal amount of wrecked, nothing special. I headed towards the family room but Jay said, “No, in the living room!”
And I said, “WHAT???”
He was about dying laughing by this time, and said, “The couch is empty…”
I think it took a full minute for the adrenaline to pipe down before I could remember that when I left, the clean laundry was piled high, waiting to be folded. He folded it all, and was justly rewarded by an entertaining show of his wife freaking out over WHAT COULD THE KIDS HAVE DESTROYED NOW.
And just to drive home how awesome the whole thing was, besides a great laugh, my amazing husband let me go to mass with no babies, made dinner, and folded no less than 7 loads of laundry.
He’s the best!