I am constantly reminding myself to cherish the good times. Today was one. Although the memory of the last pat of Tummen can bring a tear to my eye, I had new moments to put in my goodie-bag.

Today I went both to the hair dresser’s and to beauty parlor. Since it is my day off to be with my kids I naturally took the one who is not, by law required to be in school, with me. 

And we (or I) had a great time. 

In between my appointments we took a classic Swedish fika at a very local and pretty new established (I love entrepreneurs) café called Signes. We chatted about this and that; why it is cold now, what battle a speific Bakugan can do and which cookie we like the most.

I REALLY just do get the ones who work (around) our system and hand the kids over to daycare when they’re not working. Or the ones complaining that they only can leave the kids 3 hours a day (instead of five) when being on maternity leave. 

Enjoy the times, while you have them! It doesn’t take long until they really do not want to be with you. And forcing them then will not do anything for your relationship. Whilst now, they might have an opinion but I as parent can call the shots and force them to be with me. ME. I will continue to do that and enjoy (almost) every minute of it. 

I’ll try to let go of this subject, since it is not the first time I talk about it. But it bothers me. It bothers me a lot that people (men and women) choose to not be with their children. Yes, we very often love the fact that we have a job to go to. We all have times when we wished we had gotten goldfish instead. We all enjoy the prolonged week-end trip with our partner or friend, which we are convinced is the only thing that will make us survive parenthood for another 6 months. and who has not enjoyed a adult dinner out with an accompanying visit to the movies. But in a calculated way making sure that your children is out of your way, I truly do not understand. Personally, I believe there is one much better way to do it, called birth control.