02-Chapter 2 - The Toddler Zone
*insert Twilight Zone music*
You have entered another dimension. A dimension of space and time. A time where toddlers rule the world. You have entered:
Shenene and I mutually decided that it was time for our daughter to learn the things that toddlers needed to learn in order to better their existance … their lot in life: potty training, talking, and walking. Heliumina didn’t seem particularly thrilled about learning these things, but they had to be done.
After all, if I had to learn new things for a job, then she needed to learn new things for life. It’s only fair.
It didn’t go as well as we’d hoped.
So … I tried a different strategy. I thought once she was fresh from a nap, she would be a bit more amenable to learning things.
And …
… after a thrilling conversation where we became good friends …
SUCCESS!!
Awwww! Tell him he’s not a bad father! Just… awww!
Comment by DebC — October 17, 2005 @ 3:57 pm
Oh man! Poor Hydro. He is so not a bad father! He’s actually an excellent father to be so concerned with missing all those precious moments! I hope things get better for him when Mina turns into a child. You know girls seem to manage to find a way to be “Daddy’s little girl”.
Comment by Alexis — October 17, 2005 @ 4:27 pm
*sniff sniff* Hydro is being too hard on himself. I’m sure there will be plenty of time for him to
skill build with Mina. Before he knows it he’ll be teaching her how to putt! :0))
Comment by RJeannie88s — October 17, 2005 @ 8:19 pm
Oh, poor Hydro! He isn’t a bad father! It is just one of those things that mom’s have a head start on. I’m sure he will be there to teach Mina all the skills she needs for college.
Comment by Heather/Simaholic — October 18, 2005 @ 2:25 pm
All I have to say is that I’m crossing my fingers that when Mina turns into a child, she rushes outside to hug Hydro when he gets home from work.
Maybe then he’ll believe he’s not a bad father and that his daughter simply appreciates the time she does get with him.
Comment by Aeronwy Diobhell — October 19, 2005 @ 1:37 pm
Awww, I agree with everyone else, Hydro isn’t a bad father! He loves his little girl and always wants the best for her. Any little girl should be so lucky to have him as a daddy. =)
Comment by Kristen — October 24, 2005 @ 9:34 am
Well this chapter certainly has spun a different view for me. I never thought guys would think that way… Hydro is such a good man to care about these little things most of us would probably wouldn’t think much into.
Comment by j00ky — December 30, 2005 @ 12:27 pm
What a cute toddler she is! And soon big enough to tell her dad she loves him even if he can’t spend so much time with her as he’d like.
Comment by Qosmic — April 8, 2006 @ 3:04 pm