Dad's Rules

So, Kathy is off wine tasting today with her friends in Ojai, CA (about 30 miles from here). While she is away, I thought I would share some of the rules that we have when dad's in charge:

1.) No Horsey rides before naps - Veda loves bouncing on my knee and pretty much insists on it. This tends to fire her up vs. wind her down.

2.) No Veggies - mom insists on cereal and fruit for breakfast and veggies for lunch and dinner. We throw that out the window when dad's in charge. Fruit is way better.

3.) Watch lots of movies (but dad always gets to pick the movie)

4.) No screaming...we always use our inside voice.

5.) Limit of 1 poop (or less) per day...this has been hard to enforce, but we both understand the importance.

6.) No playing with the talking cell phone toy...we prefer non verbal stuffed animals.

7.) Lots of Horsey rides AFTER naps...(but never after eating...always have to wait at least 45 min - we learned that the hard way).