Dear Dads,
I am compelled to write you a letter. A note, if you will. Just today, I was playing with my adorable girls… we were playing “Mommy.” We fed the babies. We burped the babies. We tucked in the babies. We did mommy work. You can imagine how professional I was at playing this ‘game.’
Playing Mommy.
I’m writing to you today because we (as moms) love you, couldn’t live without you and know how fabulous you are (yes, dads can be fab too). However, sometimes you can be clueless. TOTALLY clueless. This isn’t an insult. This isn’t a complaint. This is just passing along of information so that it may simply exist on the record for individual interpretation. This is also a take-it-while-you-can-get-it shorthand cheat sheet for any and all occasions when you’re compelled to pay it forward.
Of course we appreciate flowers, cards, candy or anything else you may’ve cooked up with the kiddos to honor us. But this Mother’s Day (Sunday!), consider a few things that NO MOM SHOULD EVER HAVE TO DO ON MOTHER’S DAY (unless she absolutely wants to and insists).
On Mother’s Day, No Mom Should…
1) HAVE TO FEED EVERYBODY. As much as some of us truly love to experiment and create delicious meals for our family, Mother’s Day should have a ‘no moms allowed to cook’ rule. At the very least, grab some Stouffers Mac N Cheese (trust me it is delish… yum) and spruce it up with some bacon or BBQ chicken or popcorn or ham & pickles or something (learned those tricks thanks to The Moms). Take inspiration from Jon Favreau in the new movie Chef out this weekend. He’s a tough guy AND he cooks really amazing stuff (at least it looks amazing onscreen). Sexy.
Pizza Mac, Buffalo Chicken Mac, Cuban Mac, Popcorn Mac!
On Mother’s Day, No Mom Should…
2) DO DIAPER DUTY. This can also include bath duty, dishwasher duty, laundry duty, wiping snotty noses duty. Trust us, we are happy to give you ONE day of any kind of duty you’re game to take on. Because we do it all the time. ALL. THE. TIME. This is also a day where (we promise, as moms) to never say or indicate that you might not be doing said duty ‘correctly.’ Promise.
On Mother’s Day, No Mom Should...
3) WAKE UP WITH THE BABY IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT. This goes for Saturday night before AND Sunday night after. K?
On Mother’s Day, No Mom Should…
4) WONDER IF YOU TRULY, REALLY, DEEPLY APPRECIATE WHAT SHE DOES EVERY SINGLE DAY. Tell her so. Not only on Mother’s Day. And mean it, every time.
Love these people!
WHAT DUTY DO YOU WANT TO DITCH ON MOTHER’S DAY?
