What the Parents Don’t Know- Yet.

We got back from visiting Meghan and Fox in the hospital with everyone wanting baby holding time.  I badgered Canon to give up Fox and the first time he said, “Not quite yet.”  The next time, “I’m not quite done.”  So I can see already that with three older siblings, two local uncles, one local aunt, and a grandpa, I am going to have one heck of a time getting that little guy.

But, that’s not what Meghan and Eric don’t know.

After seeing Meghan, we took the kids to buy four boxes of chocolate covered doughnuts and then met Eric at their house.  Half way into the first doughnut, Athan realized the chocolate was melting all over his hands and decided the sticky mess was just not worth it and put the doughnut on the counter.

Meanwhile Andrew, Eric, Jarrett and I sat out on the porch having beer and chips (they say the salt and vinegar ones grow on you, but I’m not there yet).  Eric was carded at the store and because Jarrett was with him they wanted to see his driver’s license too which he didn’t have.  So the gal said she was not going to sell them beer.  After a little tussle and persuasion with the manager they bought the beer and we enjoyed it.

But, that’s not what Meghan and Eric don’t know.

When we got home we skipped dinner being full on chocolate doughnuts, beer and salt and vinegar chips.

We got the kids ready for bed and I read them the revised version of the Three Little Pigs, prayed with them, tucked them in, turned off the lights and…

Half way down the hall I heard a cry from Canon that I knew to be a real cry.  The kind where you first hear the whimper of a cry and then nothing and then out comes the real cry.  It’s that momentary silence that lets you know this is the real thing.  I turned back, turned on the light asked what happened and there lay Athan looking a little bit sheepish.

It turns out Canon said some annoying thing and Athan had just had it.  He hauled off and punched Canon in the eye.

This morning Canon had a black eye and Meghan and Eric don’t know it yet.

They will soon, we are taking them back this afternoon.