I got our 3 year old a power wheel jeep, and a hot wheels garage with 20 hot wheels. 1 year old twins are getting some climbing pads got a tonka truck for the boy No idea what to get the girl
My son is also getting a power wheels and a big hot wheels set. Still No idea what my 1-year old girl is getting yet.
Get him a two wheel scooter. I know you said he isn’t ready but he will pick it up. I just looked and ours started riding that at 28 months
Seriously Where Eagles Dare they will pick up shit if you put it in front of them. Other bonus is you can fold em up and they can ride them around most places instead of strollers and all that bullshit
He's crushing his 3 wheel one and loving the skate park. Mainly want to keep that going so he doesn't get discouraged
team scooters, both of mine have loved them to the point they really have no interest in bike or anything else.
Same. My kids love scootering around our sidewalks, park paths, etc. They like them way more than their bikes.
Little man has had a segway brand electric scooter for a couple years now and it's a star of the neighborhood Like I can't tell you how many times his friends want to ride it while he is on his or their bike In fact I am in the garage and just realized it's probably at one of the neighbors houses right now because it ain't here and one of them must have rode it home a few days ago
On the Xmas gift topic... Little man is 10 and is getting a hobby level RC monster truck. That's about the same age I was when I convinced my parents to get me one, and I ended up racing at a pro level in high school and into college, until beer and females took over my brain. He's shown a lot of interest in them and I'm working on deciding which one to get him. Side note, I will also be receiving a matching rc monster truck to bash around the hood with him, because I have been a good boy this year and santa likes me
Kids love them. I’ve also almost been killed by them walking my son to school. I’ve seen a kid go full speed into the side of a stationary Tesla. One sped out from behind bushes (next to a crosswalk) and came within 6 feet of the front of my Honda pilot. as a technology or whatever they are good but kids just ignore every tip about “staying alive” when on them. At least in my neighborhood where a tons get used going to and from school.
My almost 6 year old lost her first tooth tonight while brushing her teeth before bed. It set on an immediate panic with her that only intensified when she saw that there was blood from it. I got her quickly settled down, but during this her 3 year old brother...whom I think realized had no idea you could lose teeth...was shoving his fingers in his mouth and saying "Daddy my teeth aren't falling out,". My wife was working tonight when this went all down and expressed regret that she missed the first tooth when she got home. I told her there will be plenty more teeth.........but, watching the panic of the first tooth fall out...to her settling down and realizing it was another step...to her moron little brother in the background fisting his mouth to see if his teeth are falling out. What a Tuesday night. Not gonna forget that one.
My son pissed in our bed last night He rarely ever has accidents, gonna have to buy a damn pad for our own bed Buying him this today.
My 7yo was talking to my wife about Santa last night. “We got like a billion dollars in Christmas presents last year. Santa has to be real because there’s no way dad would buy us that much stuff.” I’m the one that buys all the Christmas gifts.
I'm tired of that Santa fuck getting all the credit too, and I don't even have a billion dollars of stuff the 9yr old is her last year of Santa. Then going to straight up tell the 6yr old. 2 yr old won't ever know him, I hope.
At what age do kids typically figure out about Santa? My investigative 6-year-old is asking a lot of questions about the logistics of delivering presents to everyone in the world, eating that many cookies, and how he could possibly be watching everyone at once all year long. All I have is:
After changing her mind over and over again over the last week, my 11 yr old managed to convince Mrs. Scorpio last night. After getting a pedicure together, they decided to stop by the PetsMart next door. Mrs. Scorpio just kept sending picture after picture showing how happy our daughter was and the way she was acting was like we "had our little girl back." Then when they got home, without any prompting, our daughter typed out her proposal on why we should get her a cat. If I ignore the spelling and grammar errors, she makes a very compelling argument! Spoiler: Daughter's persuasive essay
Same age, similar questions and our answer to most of them are "he's magic" I think this might be his last year. He's already got kids at school telling him he's not real.
I'd counter the every two week litter box cleaning with making it at least once a week if not a couple times a week. But otherwise, sounds pretty reasonable.
Yeah, we're always on her case about being nicer to her brother (or at least not being mean for no reason). And we've been holding out on the cell phone for as long as we can. This is the first year where I am starting to weaken bc a lot of her friends are all in text chats together. I may try to convince my wife to relent as school is coming to an end so she can stay in touch over the summer. But social media will be a hard no.
So yesterday when I picked up little man (10 y/o) from after school care. He gets in the truck and asks "what does 'CPS' mean?" I explain to him what it stands for and that they are a group that helps make sure kids are safe and taken care of and ask him why he asks. He said he heard the principal say she was calling CPS after one of the girls in his classes mom had been in her office showing her pictures. Apparently he had also been within ear shot when the principal told the little girl something about having called CPS and the girl said something to her like "but everything he does has a purpose" I know nothing else but what he said he heard. I know the little girl just from meeting her at his school lunch or event things a time or two. and know of her parents basically because they are the wierd hippy family at his school, but I've never met them. I hate that something obviously has happened to that poor little girl, and hope it's not as bad as I fear.
I finished up work today and hopped in the shower. Didn’t have time earlier because corporate America is dumb. I texted my wife “Come suck my dick in the shower” which she will do 1 out of 1000 times requested. Unbeknownst to me, my kids were playing on her MacBook at the time and asked her why I wanted her to suck stuff in the shower.
One time my wife texted me “come home and put a baby in me” cuz she was feeling a certain way and it was in a group chat with my mom and brother. We were also engaged and nowhere near ready to have kids
Amazon tablets are fine unless your 5 year old is learning to code. Who cares if it’s slow. They’re gonna break it anyway.
I just bought one cause we’ve broken three iPads in the last like 18 months and I like how simple it is. Throw on pbs kids on the way to Austin and we cooking.
We have Santa bring the girls 2 presents each the rest from us. My wife always sees the kids at school trying to understand why Santa brought the little shit who has everything a MacBook and the kid with little to nothing a pair shoes
So this is for dads of an only child. Ours is 4 and we are more frequently getting questioned about a brother/sister. That is not in the cards for us for numerous reasons. So i guess the question is how do you successfully walk the line between playmate and father? It is so damn tough.