Today MJ left for a week in France. It was so sad because we are going to miss him more than one can imagine and because we will miss getting to see friends like Mike and Jo and Paul and Laurence. We just thought it would be too much travel for such a short stay for the boys. I fear I have made the wrong choice. Not having their father around has thrown them into a tailspin. Charlie keeps looking for MJ and then refused to nap and screamed for about an hour this afternoon–so much that Elena called from next door to see if everything was ok. So embarrassing. Then when we returned from a birthday party (where he ate about 20 lollipops) he had the biggest meltdown of his career. He was mad because I wouldn’t let him have more candy. He was so hysterical it made Teddy cry and I had to call the neighbors to tell them not to worry. When I finally calmed him down, he was totally fine and happily went off to sleep.
On the up side today he asked “What licorice mean?” and then when I was struggling to get the mattress out of his crib to change the sheet he said “Maybe cause Daddy big strong man. Try that.” Yes, Charlie, I think I will try that next time.