another day behind me

I had a day of running errands with the 3 boys, one of those “I deserve a medal” days, where not only did I run a smooth, fun ‘Daddy daycare’ but I also ticked off half the list of chores. I dropped Mia at her parents to have a rest day. I then went to our local herbal medicine store where I hung out for a good 30 minutes chatting about how to make my kids super humans and combat the damp wet weather. Then I got some groceries before taking the kids for a walk out on the break wall to check the surf. When we were about half way out the wall my son Ziggy said “dad I can see your bum” almost in sync with this comment I could also feel the breeze on my bare arse. I reached down and felt a huge gaping whole and the skin of my butt cheeks. I then remembered when I had ripped these shorts. Instead off getting tossed they somehow got back in the wardrobe and now as a result of this blunder, I was stranded on a peninsular of rock poking out into the pacific wearing a pair of arse-less chaps! 

“I CAN SEE YOUR BUTT” This time Ziggy was laughing his head off, My 3 year old came speeding over on his scooter, “let me see”. 

“is it bad zig? Can you see my whole bum?” I said.

 “hmm, not now but when you move you can” 

Mean while, Taro my 3 year old, is trying to poke me with a stick and laughing “daddies bum haha” 

The best bit about this whole ordeal is the humour that permeated my mind, I had a great laugh with the boys and walked the whole way back to the car with them wizzing around me on scooters, letting everyone know that their dads butt was showing. 

I would love to think that this reaction was standard character but the fact is, My younger, insecure, anxious self would have been rattled! I would have been tracking off into the past growing more embarrassed with every memory of my presentation to the public.

It’s nice to have small reminders of how much lighter my heart is now. I had a great day and my kids did too.