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Bafflement and Joy

14 April 2009, 09:45

Baffled by the whereabouts of the last eggOur Easter Weekend was… average. Highs and lows. McG and I were both sick with chest infections so tolerance was low and Scout was… unpredictable.

The best part was Easter Sunday and the Easter Hunt. Da Bunny left a trail of his white cottontails from Scout’s room to the backdoor where there were hidden eggs for her to find. Seeing the joy on her face when she found an egg was a most marvelous thing. Although I don’t think she was impressed when I mentioned the eggs were to be rationed so she couldn’t scoff the whole lot in one sitting (which I’m sure she would if she could!)

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Scout’s routine is pretty much back to normal these days. I’m still home in the mornings obviously but everything else pretty much runs the same as it did before Annie blew her stack.

Cheeky EggsShe was reportedly a handful while I was in the Hospital. Massive uber-tantrums every night (ramping up the “scream like a cat being slaughtered”), telling Beaupa (my dad) that she “didn’t like him”, not believing McG when he reassured her that Mummy would be home soon. The spiel was that mummy was having a sleepover at the Hospital for awhile and that shed be home soon but one night Scout insisted “No! No! She’s NOT coming home, she’s NOT”. That broke my heart into itsy bitsy pieces, that one.

Having Nana and Beaupa in the house would have confused her as well, assuming that she associates them with me. Why are they here and Mum is not?

McG is definitely reaping the rewards of being the main “parent” and dealing with the emotional collateral, though. Scout is very much her Daddy’s Girl now and will call for Dad in the middle of the night rather than me. It makes me a bit sad but know that it’s totally understandable and he deserves to be numero uno in her eyes at the moment, given all that he has done for her.

Posted by Kinki on 14 April 2009, 09:45
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