4am FaceTime

I wake up around 4am to go to the gym. The idea is that I get to work out before my kids are awake. How cute is it that I actually still think this could work?

The other day, Eden woke up when my alarm went off and came into my room. She said she “had a good sleep” and asked me if I was leaving. She has gotten into this cute thing lately where she makes me take something of hers with me when I go somewhere without her. When I said I’d be back soon/love you/go back to bed, she grabbed one of her favorite stuffed dogs and handed it to me. She said I had to take it with so that I could bring it back. I think the idea is that I’ll come back if I have something of hers. Because apparently I wouldn't come back otherwise? I dunno. 

I had barely left my street when I got a FaceTime call from Colin’s phone. Eden’s little nose hairs peered down at the camera while she yelled “Mom! Mom! Mom! Let me see my dog!” First of all, I was driving. (I answered the call at a red light, so don’t @ me.) Second of all, dude! I wasn’t even gone for more than 30 seconds. Let a woman live! Third of all, she can’t even read. How the heck did she know she was calling me and not the plumber? She wouldn't hang up until I held the dog up to the phone for her to see, and she reiterated that I had to bring it back.

Is there some underlying abandonment issue I need to address? I’m not even one of those parents who threatens to leave my kids places if they’re not listening to me. I’m more likely to bribe them with treats to do what I want…like the witch from Hansel and Gretel.