SuburbanDaddy

I just sent Thing 1 and Thing 2 to play in the basement so I can eat my breakfast. We are finally at the point where they can play down there together for extended periods without causing too much trouble.
I also sent Thing 3 with them. He is not quite at the point [...]

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Thing 2 buries Thing 1 in the snow

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In the movie A League Of Their Own, Tom Hanks memorably exclaims “There’s no crying in baseball”.
Well, in the world of parenting, unfortunately, there are no sick days.
I’m entering day 3 of the worst cough, sore throat, headache, congestion you can imagine. Yesterday I was able to take a sick day at work. [...]

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There is a lot of mean stuff that kids say about other kids. Teasing and insults are kid specialties.
Thing 1 and Thing 2 were discussing football on the way to school one morning. It’s about all they discuss these days.
Look, there’s a red car…they must like the Chiefs. Or, it’s [...]

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We are 3 weeks into the great room sharing experiment. I guess it’s not quite an experiment because we have no plan B if it doesn’t work out. But so far the results have been pretty good. No major fights or territorial conflicts, which I was expecting. Interestingly, there have been [...]

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It’s a time honored tradition. Each class in the school puts on a winter show. The kids rehearse for weeks and all the parents come to watch. Here are the highlights from this year.
In case you can’t pick out the Things, here are some clues. Thing 1 is strategically [...]

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Kids have their own brand of humor. Let’s just say Jay Leno and Conan O’brien have nothing to worry about from these two comediennes.
Thing 2: Why did the chicken go in the pool?
Why?
Thing 2: Because he wanted to go down the drain
Ba dum bump!
Thing 2: Why did the chicken go to the barn?
Thing 1: [...]

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I encourage my kids to ask questions. I make a point to stop what I’m doing to give them explanations they can understand.
“Where does snow come from”, “How do airplanes fly?”, “How does Santa go to every house in one night”, “How many points do you get for a touchdown”.
These are very important questions [...]

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