My husband has been away in Maine the past couple of days so it’s just been me and the boys. In certain circumstances, it makes things easier for me. There is one parent and one answer. In other ways it can be a challenge with juggling both work and the kids. While driving home tonight my middle son suggested that one night I should go away too. Sleep at Gram and Pops or go to my friend’s house for the night. Then the oldest chimed in with “Yeah, you deserve a nice break away.” My mind start to drift to a blissful evening of wine and relaxation…then their jabbering continued.

It all snowballed with comments and suggestions from all three of them:

Yeah, you can have a day and night where you don’t have to “mother” Dad!

Mother Dad? Okay, well I get what they’re saying. He’s a man-child.

Yeah, we can handle Dad.

“Handle?”

Oh guys, it can be like a Switch-a-roo Day. We can be the parents and Dad is the kid. And Mom is not around to tell us all what to do!

We can make Dad do the chores and read! Oh, and not let him play too many video games.

Logan, you need a refresher course on how to work the stove so we can eat.

In which he responds, Or we can just get donuts for breakfast and pizza for lunch.

Who will pay for that? I ask. Are you going to dip into your piggy bank? 

Then followed by a horrifying look. How dare I suggest that he touch his own money to feed his “son.”

Oh, we should go to Toys R Us, but we have to make him drive.

No Finn, we can’t do that because then we have to buy HIM a toy. 

With your own money, I remind them.

Yeah, but it would still be fun to do a Switch-a-roo. Can you check the calendar? Oh, Mom, I’m going to need my own phone, you know, just in case.

I’m almost tempted to make this happen and film every minute.