Teaching my husband

As I’m sure all of you are well aware we had a good bit of snow this week. So I’m not going to go into how wonderful it was as first and how stir-crazy we got on day #3. It’s all over the internet and you probably felt the same way, so I’ll spare you the boring repeat.

I do want to bring up one wonderful thing about the snow though. Josh got to spend some extra time with us. It was great having him here during the week and really nice getting to spend some extra time together. If I had to be snowed in and trapped in my home I’d definitely want Josh to be the one I went crazy with.

Although, I’m not quite sure he felt the same way. He walked around like a person lost in a maze. Confused about exactly what he should be doing. But, life went on as usual. 

Just because county schools were closed all around us didn’t mean we were going to take time off from our school work. So Josh sat patiently at the table with the Ladies listening to me teach them about February holidays and celebrations after Lydia so sweetly asked me if I would teach daddy too.

This was the first time Josh had ever witnessed lesson time so neither one of us really knew what to expect. All was going well until right towards the end. He started encouraging Lydia to cheat instead of following through with each step. Then he started playing with the material. Finally, he started making jokes when the Ladies were supposed to be working quietly. Ugh! 

I had to fuss at him like a little kid—"JOSH-U-A!" Shoot him those looks like “Will you please stop?!” and mutter under my breath “you are encouraging bad behavior!”

It was pretty funny actually, but still a little irritating. I could imagine him back in elementary school acting out, not paying attention, fiddling with supplies or his pencil instead of doing his work, making jokes when the class is supposed to be working quietly. I giggled to myself after he responded to each offense with a bashfully whispered “Sorry.” 

Teaching and helping my husband in life is much easier than teaching him school. I feel for his previous teachers and his mother. I wouldn’t want to do that everyday, that’s for sure.

I love that man. He can be frustrating sometimes, but that laughter and lightened mood he brought to the table (literally) this week was exactly what we all needed to beat cabin fever.