Run Silent Run Deep

Most stay at home dads learn quickly that it’s not what you hear, but what you don’t hear that gets your attention. You would think that listening for crying, load noises and fights with twins would be what would really get your attention. And it does.

But not nearly as much as the sound of silence, nothing, run silent run deep type quiet. This means that not only are the girls doing something they aren’t supposed to, but that they KNOW they aren’t supposed to.

Take yesterday for instance. They were playing in their room while I was getting some PC work done. After a few minutes, my daddy radar kicked in. Nothing. I was hearing nothing.

When I went into the hallway, I found the girls had found a way to open the spare bedroom door. This is the room we were keeping all my wife’s craft makings, Christmas gifts and any other assorted item that was being moved around because of Christmas.

The girls were back under the craft table happily opening boxes and rummaging through stuff. They were very proud of themselves.
Thankfully they had not gotten to the glitter yet. Amen, Glory Halleluiah. So when your kids are quiet when they should be loud, don’t wait to find out why!