Superdad steps in
Daughter 2 is convinced that the Virgin Mary must have been divorced. How else would Jesus have two Dads? I put it down to reading too much Jacqueline Wilson. She envisages Jesus as a kind of Suitcase Kid crossed with Dash from the Incredibles, forced to split his time between a superpower father and boring old Joseph, who has usurped his real, much cooler, Dad.
Homework Dad and I have been splitting our time a lot lately too, stepping up to domestic duty while the other’s working and vice versa. This has already caused instances of competitive shopping – who has completed the weekly Tesco shop most successfully, without forgetting whatever the other person forgot when they did it the previous week – and competitive washing. Who has loaded up, and hung out, most washing, with points deducted (not literally, we aren’t quite that sad -- yet) for anything that has come out the wrong colour. Absolute control can be a lot easier sometimes.
The kids meanwhile are amazingly fickle. Dad been in charge for a couple of days? He becomes number one carer, to go to for all important information and instructions. Mum back as prime carer? Dad rapidly resumes his post as moderately amusing beanbag.
On the other hand, they do like to know exactly where they are – and where we are – at all times. When I had to travel for work the other day, Homework Dad explained that I had gone to somewhere in the middle of England and Daughter 2 got really worried that I might get far too hot. Turns out she was envisaging some Jules Verne type journey to the centre of the earth. I’d only gone to Leicester.
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