SuburbanDaddy

We’re back from our week in Corolla, NC. It was the first trip we’ve attempted as a family of six.  It was exhausting but a good experience.  For a look at one of our previous trips, see this post on why I call it a trip and not a vacation.
Thing 1 and Thing 2 [...]

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Parents often sound like broken records saying the same thing to our kids over and over. There is one phrase in particular that I say at least 50 times a day without exaggeration.
Can you guess what it is? Put your answer in the comments.

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As a semi-famous dad blogger I get a lot of public relations pitches for products and services that may be of interest to my readers. I ignore most of them unless a) I get something cool for free or b) I think it might actually interest you.
I got one this week on [...]

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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have 4 kids? It’s not all that unique to your daily life if you have any number of kids. Just more of it. I’ll take you through my day today, which is pretty typical, and see if it’s anything like you imagined.
If I had [...]

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I just learned my lesson. Thing 1 had a swim-a-thon where the kids get pledges and then swim as many laps as they can. Swimming isn’t really his favorite sport, so we were pleased when he wanted to participate.
The money goes children with leukemia. So I told Thing 1 I [...]

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We had a little mystery to solve this week. Someone had written, in pen, on the wall. There were just a few letters and what looked like a star or maybe a shape which had been scribbled over.
Who could have done it? There were only three prime suspects. Thing 4 was [...]

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