SuburbanDaddy

First, I received a fresh assortment of World’s Best Dad collectibles to display proudly in my office for the next year.
Next up, golf with Thing 1 and Thing 2. They’re not quite ready for a real golf course yet, but we’ll be hitting the driving range then 18 holes of mini-golf. I hope to [...]

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Of the many promotion requests I receive, this one caught my attention.
What’s more photogenic than a kid slurping pasta in his or her favorite and quirky way? Well now you have the chance to vote for your favorite photo from spaghetti smiles, to sauce covered faces in the Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta blogger photo contest. [...]

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Yesterday was take your child to work day, or as it’s officially known, Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day. It started in 1993 with just girls but has expanded to boys in 2003.
I get the concept. Give kids an idea what their parents do all day. But that’s hardly what [...]

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We had a pretty big week recently with the arrival of Thing 4. But this week may be a close rival. At least in the minds of Thing 1 and Thing 2.
The beginning of April means spring, longer, warmer days, and lots of sports events.
Yesterday we had NCAA Basketball’s Final Four. Today [...]

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We are in the middle of probably the biggest snowstorm I’ve ever seen. Snow was coming down last night at a rate of 3-4 inches per hour. We let the kids stay up late last night because we aren’t going anywhere for a long time, and hoped maybe they would sleep late.
Shortly after [...]

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This is the first real snowstorm the Things can remember.  The last one was in 2003, before Thing 1 was born.  We don’t get snow like this in DC very often, so it is a big event they will always remember.  More than 20 inches of snow.  Yesterday was mainly shoveling.  Today will be snowmen [...]

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Thing 1 (The Greek) added to his winning streak last week, picking the Colts over the Broncos.  He predicted the score would be higher, but in terms of point spread he picked it exactly.  He said the Colts would win by 12 points and they did.  Most of the experts in Vegas can’t do that [...]

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Week 14 game of the week is Broncos vs. Colts. The Colts are undefeated and the Broncos are having a surprisingly good season. Both Thing 1 and Thing 2 have identified this as a “good game”. I’m not sure what their criteria is, exactly, for a good game. The Broncos are [...]

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