sometimes your best isn't good enough

Mr. Doodlebug is often doing things around the house or with baby Doodle that are half-assed, in my opinion. And when I call him on it he says (in a tone that says "what more do you want from me?!?"), "I did my best. It's impossible to do better than my best." When he first started saying it I thought it was kind of funny because he would say it as a kind of joke. But now it's getting on my nerves. It's almost like he purposely doesn't pick baby Doodle's clothes up off the floor when he gives him a bath so that he can say that he's done his best and how dare I ask him to do anything more than that.

If Mr. Doodlebug were the one staying home with BD and I were to come home at 6:00 p.m. every night I would be coming home to a pig sty that I would then have to clean up.

All of that said, Mr. Doodlebug is a very good dad to BD and loves spending time with him including bathing him and other chore-like tasks. He's also a very good husband and I'm grateful for all he does around the house and with baby Doodle. If only he did things the way I do them!