My Life as a Stay at Home Dad

My name is Brian, and I happen to be a stay at home dad.  How did I get here?  Well that is too long of a story to write about, and even more boring.  Let's just say after getting my teaching degree in a subject I don't love (not smart), I wasn't very motivated.  So after a few job searches and substitute teaching throughout the years my beautiful wife, Stephanie, and I decided it was not worthing paying for daycare.  So stay at home right?  How hard can it be?  Even if I had a teaching job my net salary after paying for daycare expenses would be about what it is now.  So let's just have me stay at home and take care of the kids.  I forget to introduce my kids.  There are 3 of them.  And the craziest part of all?  Well let me show you:

 Meet Sofia.  She is the youngest of the bunch.  She just had her first birthday.  She is just now starting to get the walking thing down, which makes things around the house very interesting.  She likes to tail her sisters around the house for fun, and follow dad everywhere he goes.




Next we have Elanor, our middle child who turns 3 in October.  She was the crankiest of all our kids when she was younger, so I had a really difficult time with her.  Now she is non-stop fun.  She loves Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus music. 

And lastly, we have the oldest girl, Ayla.  She just turned 5.  She has to be the smartest kid I know (yes I am biased) .  Very observant. She also enjoys talking football with me!!!

So you may have noticed that I have 3 girls.  Very ironic considering I coach high school football.  What did God do to me?

Well, anyway, the purpose of me creating this blog is to inform my friends and colleagues of what I deal with everyday.  One of my friends (I mean you Pete Niglio) tells me that I live off my wife.  That I should get a job.  He tells me he is joking, but it surely gets old.  So let me tell you the things I go through each and every day:

-The color pink.

-Ponytails: I still suck at them.

-Things being put in their mouths.  Today it was batteries for Sofia.

-Injuries: the slightest scratch or site of blood and I might as well ask God to cancel the day. I am not very sympathetic either, and I am sure that doesn't help.

-Bugs: In their defense I can't stand them either, but running in the house because they saw an ant is pretty extreme.

-The girls hate it when I do bath time. Ayla especially.  She can't stand getting water in her eyes.  Well, I am not about to slow down and make sure she is ok.  Close your eyes and mouth and let's finish washing your hair. 

-Daily diapers for me are old hat.  My buddies couldn't handle it though.  Especially you Christian.

-The color pink.

-Getting the girls dressed, fed, making sure they use the bathroom, doing their hair, getting their school bag ready, putting coats on, hats, gloves, and boots on in the winter and then packing them one at a time into the minivan in December to go to preschool. Repeat tomorrow.   And this year, I will have one in kindergarten and one in preschool.  Can't wait.

-Pulling Elanor on her bike because she hasn't gotten pedaling down.  She thinks applying the brakes is pedaling.

-Trying to clean the playroom, only to have it destroyed an hour later.

-Never having a monent to myself.  Like right now.  Typing, and Sofia is hanging on me.

-Trying to explain to Ayla why I have to shave my face.  And no, I can't teach you how to shave your legs.

 

-Wiping snot all day (today).

-Having at least one of the girls cry on a day that ends in "y."

-Not being able to watch sports programs until either Barney, Word World, Super Y, Word Girl, Team Umizoomi, Martha Speaks, Spongebob, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Sid the Science Kid, Phineas and Ferb, Good Luck Charlie, I!Carly, Wild Krats, or Sesame Street are over.

-Hilarious knock knock jokes that don't make sense.

-The color pink.

I am going to try and update this blog daily to help me get through the day.  I hope you find it enjoyable and informative.  I also hope if you are a guy like me with 3 girls, hang in there.  We can get through it!!!  Brian