Do No Wrong

My daughter is going to visit Mimi and Gramps tomorrow and in an effort to have her not look completely disheveled—something at which she excels—she took a bath and washed her hair.  Things were busy and my husband said he'd dry her hair, something I said was a must lest her hair look crazy for the whole trip.  I said I would do it but he insisted he knew how to try her hair and had been for years. 

So off he went and I didn't think much of it until he asked me if I could finish the drying job.   I came upstairs to find not wet hair, but heavily overly laden with products hair.   It looked like it hadn't been washed in a week.   It was heavy and greasy looking. 

I hate to do this to my daughter, but I told her we had to stick her head in the tub and I was going to wash off the products and re-dry her hair.   While I was shampooing her head I talked about how dad didn't realize he'd put too much product in.   She burst into tears and it took me a minute to get out of her what I'd said.   

She said, "I didn't know daddy could do anything wrong!"   It was so sweet, so innocent and I didn't want to ruin her opinion of her father so I told her it was okay that we could easily fix things.   She calmed down but a few minutes later her father came into the bathroom. 

She ran over to him, grabbing him in a bear hug, and commenced crying all over again.   I explained and my husband did just the thing a parent does to comfort a child in the best way.   He knelt down and said to my daughter, "you thought I couldn't make mistakes?  It took you nine-and-a-half years to realize I'm not perfect?" in the kindest mildly teasing tone.   My daughter burst into laughter. 

And it was all over.   She was fine with everything.   I have a feeling she thinks her father is still perfect.   He pretty much is an amazing dad. 

The Big Boy Update:  My son lost the privilege of having seltzer water as a punishment from me.   He typically loses screen time but I went with a different approach.   It worked but he forgot and when he explained he'd already opened the drink, I said that was okay, he could put it right back in the refrigerator.   He does love drinking seltzer. 

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  My daughter called Mimi today and talked for a long while on the Amazon Echo, planning on her visit.   She is so excited to leave tomorrow to go see her and Gramps.