This is what Pat looks when I pull him out of the house for fun with the family.
And this is usually what I look like.
Every weekend it’s the same old thing.
I turn to Pat and say, “so what’s on the agenda!?!” and Pat grunts and says nothing.
Then I proceed to list all the things we can do,
“welllll…we can go to the zoo, Tangled is playing, free skate from 10 to 12, the bounce house, the family fun place, playland, swimming, the children’s museum, they love the arcade…Too much money? We can go to the beach, the park, for a drive, to the pet shop, Grandma’s? What do you think? What sounds like fun? What should we DO!?!?!”
I drive this man crazy.
He works hard all week and he wants to come home and relax. But I’ve been home all week and I want to get out of the house and play. Not to mention I’d rather be killing three hours quickly somewhere fun than feel cooped up in the house listening to my kids climb the walls and talk about how bored they are all afternoon.
It helps that I have selective amnesia.
pat: Kat, we went to the zoo last week…Kainoa started crying when we wouldn’t let him ram the stroller into strangers legs and then he screamed all the way home, you really want to repeat that?
me: Oh yeaaaah….he did, didn’t he!?! Boy he can be cranky…
pat: How do you forget that stuff?? My head is still ringing!
Or maybe I’m just foolishly optimistic. Because I just remember the magic of it all.
Even after a weekend with a screaming son, I still look like this the next weekend.
While my husband continues to look like this.
I wonder what we’ll do this weekend…
Booyah's Momma says
God bless our husbands. Mine is in the same boat as Pat.
Maybe they can row their boats together… straight to the crazy house every weekend.
Monique says
I do the very same thing to my husband and he gives me the very same look. Not that it ever stops me. :)
Callie Feyen says
This is a riot! And so true for our family, too!
Mad Housewife says
I think maybe I should send you my daughter. Hubby and I both look like Pat each weekend. Want an extra kid?!
Gwen says
You’ve just described my life! This weekend, I said to my husband, “You’re tired. Why don’t you stay home and I will take the children tobogganing on my own?”. He was thrilled…until I changed my mind. OF COURSE, I need him! Who else would pull the children UP the hill 500 times. Not me. My job is to take pictures of the fun! Ha!
Shannon says
I’m self-appointed photographer also, so I don’t have to do any of the grunt work. Same thing applies when putting up the Christmas tree every year. :)
Jennifer says
Staying home is boring. Pat needs to get with the program.
Kat says
The way I see it the kids would find a reason to cry at home too! Why not have some great scenery around you while they are making you lose your hearing? We were supposed to go out this weekend, but it rained. Boo. I’m ready for next weekend already! Only five more days!
Beth says
That’s EXACTLY what my husband looks like when we go out for some family fun. EXACTLY! Maybe it’s a husband thing?
HisBell says
Sounds JUST like me and my husband!
Diane says
Ha ha! I think I probably look more like Pat most of the time!
Scary Mommy says
This is SO our family. Every damn weekend.
Momlissa says
I love this! I can relate on so many levels. Even before I was trying to find outlets for my 3 rambunctious girlfriends, I was like this. Always scheduling, planning, etc. An old boyfriend said to me once, “YOU ALWAYS WANT TO DO STUFF.” That pretty much summed it up. lol. Our poor husbands. :)
Momlissa says
Ok, so I’m not sure if I’ve not had enough caffeine this a.m. or if that was a Freudian slip of epic proportions, but I did mean to say “3 rambunctious children” vs. “3 rambunctious girlfriends.” Lord almighty. Must go ingest some more stimulants…
SuzRocks says
It’s completely oppisate in my house. I want to relax and my husband is like, “what are we going to do? what are we going to do? what are we going to do?”
trash says
Wow! In our house we only have selective deafness. Yours looks so much more fun!
Katy says
These pictures are cracking me up! Love it!
Laurie says
Well, apparently you and I were separated at birth. I always tell people that the reason I keep getting up and parenting my spaz kids is because I’m actually Dori from Finding Nemo. Selective Amnesia. Love it. :)
And apparently Pat and my hubby were also separated at birth. What do these guys see in us? Probably they love the happiness they hate about us :)
Thanks for a nice big Monday belly-laugh, girl!
Chaplain Donna says
I love the way up put things together! This was very funny and creative. You have some amazing talent!
Braving Suburbia says
You seriously crack me up! I’m so glad I found your blog and thanks for checking mine out the other day! One day you will be on Ellen…I just know it. :)
ashley king says
This is HILARIOUS!!!! TOTALLY my household too!!! I don’t know HOW i forget such awful experiences too!! but, like you said, i think it’s the magic of it all. or seeing the kids excited for half of a second, or maybe it’s the THOUGHT of how excited they MIGHT be THIS time…. ;) either way, i’m right there with you!!! GREAT post!
Ambrosia says
Love it! Our hubbies are too similar! Mine says he just wants to “relax.” How relaxing is it to hear three kids screaming that they want to DO something?! Thank God for sports – he will get out of the house to watch them play their games. So that’s when I put on my goofy grin and live it up – cheering for the kids, talking it up with other parents, etc. Gotta make the most of it!
Tina says
because they tune the kids out and we end up dealing with it
One Girl Ideas says
My husband is just like yours. He has no enthusiasm for anything I want to do, and if I can convince him to do something he is usually a grump the entire time. But then I catch him telling his buddy’s how much fun he had! AUGH! Why can’t they just have fun with their wifes and family?
erica says
How are you like, THE social director for kids on the weekends? Here is what our weekends look like.
Me: What should we do with B today?
Him: I don’t know, what’s going on?
Me: Um, I don’t know. Can we find a website that will tell us or something?
Him: Um, I don’t know.
Me: Let’s just go to your parents’.
ARGH!!! I CANNOT WAIT FOR SPRING!!!
(Sorry, east coast rant there…)
Tina says
Sounds EXACTLY like my life!
debi9kids says
LOL Too funny!
I think you just spoke for 99.9% of all wives and mommies :)
kisatrtle says
How about you and I go to the zoo and Pat and Tom can lament about their jobs together.
Crystal says
I think that is so funny because I am your hubby and my hubby is you! So funny to me!!! I like to be at home…I don’t ever want to leave, and my hubby is always trying to agenda-ize my weekend!!
mommabird2345 says
HAHAHAHA!!! This is HILARIOUS! Also, because my husband and I make the exact same looks as you and Pat when it comes to doing things with the kids. ;)
Alicia Jay says
Oh, this post is sooo true. It really reminded me of my husband and I. I am the forever optimist and never seem to remember the meltdowns or misread directions (creating a 2 hour detour)!
Shannon says
This post is hilarious to me because I could have written this exact same thing. Complete with my husband’s expression matching your husband’s. Excpept for I would have no picture of my husband’s dour look to post, because he hates having his picture taken. :) Opposites attract, right?
Mommy Fabulous says
Who cares what happened the last time! It’s FUN! Let’s do it again!
Kate @ Surrounded By Penises says
Love the faces…repeatedly :) I do the same, look for things to do…drag everyone out and more times than not, they come around to my point of view and find the happy…but I admit there are times I find the prozac and long for my blankie on the couch!
dysfunctional mom says
Dude, I have that too! Then when I’m losing my mind at some place we’ve spend 3 paychecks on and the kids are whining and complaining, I look at hubby and say “Why the F*$# do we keep doing this to ourselves??”
I think we need a Selective Amnesia support group!
Stacey says
It’s easy to forget when you have 5 days of togetherness in between. For hubby it’s much closer because he’s off working all week. But I’m with ya! Last night I took the kids to the dinosaur museum just so we didn’t have to be home. I get a little crazy when I’m home all the time!
Paula/adhocmom says
I’m totally with you. I mean, if there are kids involved there’s likely to be screaming. . . and that can be in YOUR house – or out of your house. I always vote for OUT of the house. I have a boredom problem. I HATE being bored.
Jenny says
LOL that is me and my husband. He always wants to just stay home and piddle around and I want to leave and do something.
Angela T. says
You are hilarious!! Love the photos! And I’m really enjoying your site.
casandra says
Memories are always worth the meltdowns