SuburbanDaddy

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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Following on his impressive results from last week, Thing 1 (The Greek) remains undefeated.  Thing 1 successfully picked the Giants to beat the Cowboys.  The game was higher scoring than he expected, but the end result was pretty close with the Giants winning 31-24.
Thing 1’s pick:  Giants 26 – Cowboys 16
Thing 2’s pick: Cowboys [...]

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I have yet to see one of these things, or have one of my kids ask for one, but Zhu Zhu Pets are the undisputed hot toy of the year.  They are flying off the shelves like Cabbage Patch dolls and Rubik’s Cube back in my day.
Now, there is talk of a safety concern about [...]

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By now you are well aware of Tiger Woods recent “transgressions“. I figured there would be some minor impact to his image, brand, and maybe endorsements. But I had no idea he would fall this far, this fast.
Today in Toys R Us I spotted Tiger’s action figure stuck way in the back of [...]

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You’ve already seen evidence of Thing 1’s sports knowledge. He reads the sports page, knows all the standings, players, and scores. Now it’s gone to a new level.
Thing 2 looks up to his big brother and copies whatever he does. So it isn’t too surprising that he has been studying [...]

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