SuburbanDaddy

It happens every year at this time. The holidays are over and we’re left with lots of new toys, games, books, crafts, silly bands, coloring books, dvd’s, and other stuff. Some of the stuff will used daily. But some will be used once and forgotten, or it will be broken after a [...]

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After a Christmas Eve with family where they were all up way past their usual bedtime, bouncing off the walls with excitement. Then a late night for us cleaning the feast and doing Santa’s work. This morning Thing 1 led the way, up at the crack of dawn, for a morning full of presents and [...]

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If you are Thing 1, all you want are your two front teeth. He lost one last week, helped along by his brother’s fist, and lost his second front tooth this morning in a piece of toast. On Christmas Eve. I hope the tooth fairy and Santa don’t get confused tonight. Merry [...]

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This is always a busy time of year.  Here’s a quick update in pictures on what we’ve been up to the last few weeks.
Thing 1 turned 7 years old.  Hard to believe.  He had a fun laser tag birthday party which seems to be the norm for that age group.  I’ve been to three laser [...]

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I am by no means a potty training expert, but I do have a fair amount of experience. We’ve been through it already with Thing 1 and Thing 2, neither of whom were what you’d call a quick learner, so we had to try many different approaches. Thing 3 has basically been potty [...]

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In the course of just one week, Thing 4 has gone from taking her first crawl, to pulling herself up and standing, sitting back down on her own (not always a given), and starting to shuffle her feet. At that pace she may be walking next week, when she turns 9 months old.

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Thing 3 (to Thing 2): You are NOT my brother anymore. You’re a duck.
Most people would not take this as a compliment. But to Thing 3, ducks are sacred. He likes to feed them, touch them, run after them, and read books about ducks.
Every night he sleeps with two duck stuffed [...]

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