Family Discount! But for real, congrats man. There were times in my life where I thought I would never have kids and I couldn't appreciate it more now. There are all these little moments when I look down and him and realize how big of a responsibility it is, but also realize how awesome it is. I told my wife this weekend, for years I was always visiting friend's houses when their toddler would look at me curiously and head over to grab onto their mom or dad's leg until they got comfortable with me. Now, when friends come over, he does that to me to feel safe until he feels comfortable around them. Its a crazy feeling. Kids are incredible.
my 4 year old daughter will lie right to my face without flinching and even when I make it clear I know she's lying she will never back down from the lie. I'm honestly horrified.
My 4-year-old daughter is doing the same. It doesn't bother me as much as her just practically always talking and bugging us.
My almost 5 yo son does the same He now at least starts smiling after he lies because he knows he’s lying and knows I know he’s lying
my daughter also told me yesterday that the Elf on the Shelf isn't real, he's just a decoration because he has a tag on his butt. I'm ready to cancel Christmas.
Now is the time to see how smart and developed she is. Ask her if her mom is real because you tag her butt all the time!
Funny enough a buddy made the comment the other day that we spend so much time trying to get them to talk, and then we spend the rest of our lives trying to get them to shut up.
The rookie move is not explaining everything as Christmas magic. How does the elf move every night? Christmas magic Why can’t we touch him? Christmas magic Where does he get the candy he leaves us? I don’t know, man…Christmas magic Can we see if the cameras caught him moving? Nope. Why not? Christmas magic
So me and her were together in 2017. It didn’t work out. We both needed the 3 years to mature as people. We got back together a year ago, we both knew we grew up and matured and that no matter what we loved each other. But we also talked because she is 3 years older and going to be 36, that we had to get a move on things. We tried and it was not fun when her period hit every month. It’s the biggest joy I’ve had and I can’t wait
Bad decision from a rookie traveler with baby.... "Let's take a glass bottle bc then we can put that in the microwave and don't need two" Child slips on floor and bottle smashes on tile floors. No replacements around
I haven’t been sick in like 12 years until my kid started school and now I haven’t not been sick for two months
I just randomly pop a low grade fever, sleep for a few hours and am fine. Damn germ factories those kids are.
I have been pretty fortunate with both of my kids and colds/respiratory illnesses. I seem to be able to fight those and avoid it; however, with the stomach flu I have gotten it every single time one of them has come down with it. I think in the four years of kids I’ve had it close to 8 times. I never had the flu before them.
Boys 8th birthday is the 20th Just booked the weekend before Christmas (his birthday weekend) at a big giant dfw hotel with all their Christmas stuff, breakfast with Santa, all that jazz. Holy shit, RIP my bank account. Comes with free parking though! He's hitting the edge of losing faith in Santa being real, so I am hoping this kinda helps keep the magic going.
Actually it's not all that much more expensive than what it costs to book a couple of hours at one of the multiple choices of places to have a kids birthday party. I understand my wifes desire to not have to entertain and clean up before and after guests at our home for a party. So honestly it's kind of a win, no dealing with multiple other kids and their parents at either our house or at a venue that we have to pay for. A venue where we have to worry about paying for a minimum # of guests when not enough show up or paying extra when too many do. Etc. Should be a nice relaxing weekend of hanging out in a huge hotel where we don't need to leave for anything, don't have to clean up, and hopefully will be a magical experience for the little guy. I know I will enjoy it more than spending money on some trampoline park or some shit.
Was at a trampoline park birthday party last night. (Crazy.) My kids obviously loved it. I figured I’d let the big dog eat and played trampoline basketball with some of the boys. That lasted 2 minutes because I could literally feel disks in my lower back rupturing with each jump.
After Vince Cartering my older son to a raucous round of applause and 1st grader adulation, I decided to retire my trampoline socks in favor of saving my back and knees. If that means I’m back on wet food then call me Blue Buffalo. Spoiler I don’t know what that last part means
Welp my little girl just got put on IR for two weeks. Fell off the couch and braced her fall with her hand last night . She got a buckle fracture in her radius. The doctor said it’s probably the easiest place to have a bone heal with no long term effects. Only cried for a bit but something was off so my wife brought her in. She’s one tough cookie and the cast is just adorable. Spoiler
Oh man I am sorry. That is gonna be miserable for all of you. I’ve been in a leg cast for just about 2 weeks now and I’ve turned into Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
My kid got poked in her eye by another kid last week at preschool so hard that we had to take her to the optometrist the next day to make sure there was no real damage.
So my son came home from daycare Tues and threw up once. He acted fine after that so no big deal. Nothing weds at all either. Yesterday I felt weird, like almost like I was high or something all day. Just really tired. Took a Covid test this morning and negative. Somehow like clockwork we are both now just hammered with a stomach bug. Hoping this isn’t like the last one a few months ago.