“That you are, my love. Don’t let anyone steal your sunshine. Wait for me on the toy aisle which is,” Daddy glanced up at the signs. “Aisle seven. I’ll meet you there in a few minutes.”
“See ya!” I skipped off toward aisle seven. They didn’t have much, just a bunch of plastic toys and a handful of coloring books. Ooohhh, and story time books too. Now Daddy can read to me at the cabin when it’s bedtime ‘cause I forgot to pack mine. I sorted them all out, searching through the lot for just the right one. “There.”
“What’s there?”
“Ah!” I jumped and grabbed my chest. “Daddy, you scared me.”
“Sorry, sweetheart. You were so lost in this…” he eyed all the piles I had made. “Mess? Did a a book explosion hit aisle seven?”
“Yeah, I um, had trouble picking just one.”
“How about this, pick two reading books and two coloring books. Can you do that for Daddy?”
“Yes,” I shook my head. “I know just which two I want.” I grabbed them off the top of the piles and placed them in the cart then put the rest back where they belonged. “Now it’s nicer than it was when I got here.”
“I bet it is, Clean Boy. Ready to go?”
“Oops, I almost forgot the crayons.”
“Grab the big box, you’re due for a new pack anyway.”
My daddy was seriously the best.
We paid and loaded the bags into the back seat, then Daddy seat belted me in, and we were on our way to the cabin. I couldn’t wait to have Daddy all to myself for a whole week. “We’re gonna have so much fun, Daddy.”
“Yes, we are.”
The cabin wasn’t far from the store at all. Just down the road then down another one that wasn’t paved but was all gravelly and made me vibrate. Trees blocked the view, but they were so pretty and then it appeared. “There it is Daddy!Squee!It’s so cute.” The tiny cabin surrounded by the woods was adorable, and I couldn’t wait to get inside. It was like a big log treasure chest I got to dig through. I’d find where all the secrets were hidden for sure.
“Off on the quest we go, Stitch!” I swung him around.
“Careful, sweetheart, don’t hurt yourself.” Daddy parked and finally came around to let me out, but it took forever and thestupid seatbelt held me back from our mission waiting inside. Stitch and I were gonna be great super sleuths and Daddy would be so proud of us.
Daddy entered the code into the keypad thingy on the front door then it beeped and he opened it wide. “Home sweet, week away from home.”
“Whoa.” There was a lot of wood. “Look at the big fireplace.” Huge rocks covered the front of it and went all the way up to the ceiling then disappeared. Poof!
“Hopefully, they left firewood or we’ll be going back to the store for some.” Daddy walked around, checking out the bedroom and stuff while I bounced, bounced, bounced on the bed. “Alright, bouncy boy, wanna help Daddy unload the truck?”
“Yep.”
It took a while, well, only a few minutes but it felt like forever before we finally got it all inside.
“What’s next, Daddy?”
“Hmm,” he got his thinky face on. “Why don’t you color while Daddy gets the groceries put away.”
Daddy pulled my new books out of the bag and sat them on the table for me. I flipped through the pages on theUnder the Seaone and found a page with a giant lobster and a bunch of tiny lobsters around it. “Lobster Mommy,” Daddy laughed.
“We can put it on the fridge when we get home so don’t tear it out yet.”
“’Kay, Daddy.”
Like always, I got lost in creating the perfect picture for my Daddy while he did Daddy stuff. I sang the song from my favorite TV show and shook my booty in the chair and had the best time. No worries, just Daddy’s silly boy playing away.
“Daddy, did you bring my bottles?”
“Yes, empty ones for Daddy to fill.”
