Okay, guys. Time for me to head out.
Wait! High five low five hugs and kisses?
hi-fi, lo-fi! hi-fi, lo-fi!
Of course! C’mere…
low fives…
whattabout me?
You, too, Mo.
high fives!
Okay, now hugs and kisses.
Wait! That wasn’t good enough fives.
No, it was fine. It was loud.
No, louder.
Okay. Here we go.
ME!
Of course, Moira. Fives.
Low fives…
lo-fi…
High fives!
HI-FI!
All right, good enough? Good, now hugs and kisses.
DA-DA!
Okay, hugs… kisses…
kiss me, too, daddy….. ewww, yuck.
Mo, you asked me to kiss you…
yukky kisses.
DA-DA! DA-DA!
Here you candy…
Thank you, Mo. It’s in my pocket right here.
Candy for me?
And candy for you.
Ba-oon?
It’s okay, Mo. You keep the pretend balloon. You keep it safe for me, okay?
awight, daddy.
daddy, daddy. you do the alligator part this time.
See you later, alligator.
See you a while, crocodile!
awigator me, too!
See you later, alligator.
affa a whiie, wokadiyl.
d a d d y b e n i c e t o y o u r f r i e n d s I l o v e y o u b y e w h a t a r e y o u g o i n g t o d o t o c o m p u t e r s t o d a y h a v e f u n I l o v e y o u b y e h a v e a n i c e t i m e b e n i c e t o y o u r f r i e n d s…
Christopher, take a breath.
Why, daddy?
I wuv you! byee!
Well, it’s polite to wait for an answer after you ask a question, and here you said so much to me, and I wasn’t able to answer anything.
Daddy, have a good time.
I’ll try to. You have fun today, too, okay?
I love you.
DA-DA!
I love you, too. I love you, too, Mo!
wub you, daddy.
What are you going to do to computers today?
Not sure. Why don’t I call and tell you, okay?
be nice to … okay, daddy… be nice to your friends!
I will. You be nice to your brother and sisters, too. And your mommy.
Okay, daddy. I love you. I miss you.
I’ll miss you, too. I’ll be back in just a few hours. You be sure to have lots of fun.
Okay, daddy. See you later, daddy.
DAA-DAA! GO! DA-DA GO!
RUN! RUN! Go while you can!

Although the above is color-coded for ease of keeping up (and my amusement), it’s pretty much just like that. Every single day I leave for the office.

Just before I head out the door. I peel children off of me one by one, usually handing Bennett to Heidi, if possible at all. As she mentioned earlier, he’s pretty traumatized by all of this. I get into the car to see kids at every window in the front of the house alternatively throwing me love signs and kisses. I watch them and sign back as long as I can — at least until it becomes unsafe for me to continue.

I love them so much. It breaks my heart to leave them for even a few moments. Of course with attachment like this, you’d have to have a black little heart indeed to not be moved by their white-hot affection.

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