SuburbanDaddy

Whenever the phone rings, Thing 4 runs over wanting to talk on it.  So whenever caller ID says “Number Unavailable” we let her screen the call.  The person on the other end of the call gets to hear some babbling, a lot of silence, and if phones worked this way, a lot of drool.  It’s [...]

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Thing 3 began his soccer career this week in the Under 5 division of Loudoun Soccer known as Mini-Soccer. It’s his first experience playing organized sports although he has watched his brothers play soccer and baseball many times.
The 45 minute sessions consist of half drill time where everyone gets to practice with their own [...]

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Time for another trip to the dentist with Thing 3.  Based on the pleasant surprise last time, I was kind of expecting it would be fine.  But when I consider his history of dentist visits, shoe shopping, and haircuts, I realize it was just wishful thinking.
He was already anxious, I knew he needed to go [...]

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As parents, we never want our children to suffer. We’ll do anything to help them. But there are times we just cannot help, no matter how much we want to. And it breaks our hearts to watch them struggle and suffer.
This weekend I was not able to help Thing 3 when he [...]

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Thing 3 got a new bed today.  It’s a full-size bed with a trundle underneath for future sleepovers.  He had been in a toddler bed for so long, although it’s not like he was actually sleeping in it.
We made mention of it a couple of times but didn’t make a big deal.  This is Thing [...]

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