Does Mum Know how much the kids Love her?

During the day we had to drop off Anth to get her hair done. This was around lunchtime, so we all took her to her beauty salon, and then as a special treat, I took the kids to McDonalds.* Although McDonalds is much maligned as a source of nutritious food, it suited me as a means of getting quick, almost edible food. The kids enjoy it, and along with a physical workout in the play park they have next to the restaurant, this suited me fine.

We spent about an hour there, and as Anth hadn't rang us yet to say she was ready to be picked up, I took the kids for a quick drive. As soon as we got in the car Aidan started saying "Going to get Mummy now."
"No." I responded "We're going to go for a quick drive."
"Want Mummy."

We went for a drive anyway. I convinced them that we could go up to Clear Mountain, but halfway there Ethan started saying "Mum should be finished her haircut now. We better go get her."
"She hasn't rung yet." I replied. "She'll call us when she's ready".
"But she needs us!" That's when the tears started. I got accused of going too far away, that Mummy would get lost. That she needed all of us there. This didn't stop me from driving through Samford and back into Brisbane.

Anth rang when we were on our way back to the hairdresser, so she only had to wait about 5 minutes for us. Once she got in the car, Callum, who had been happy as Larry and quiet as a mouse for most of the trip, started screaming - for the whole 10 minute ride home. You see Anthea had gotten into the car in the back seat, but sat too far away from Callum, who obviously also was waiting for his Mum!

Ciao for Now, Hoping his kids love him as much as they love their mum, Angry Dad.

*NB: McDonalds Flash Website is quite impressive as a marketing device!