SuburbanDaddy

Cutest in THE world may be a big claim. But Thing 4 is certainly the cutest in MY world. She loves to smile at everyone and loves to get her picture taken almost as much as SuburbanMommy likes to take it.

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Thing 3 eats. A lot. You may recall his “Michelin Man” nickname as a baby.
But he is VERY particular about what he eats. So much, in fact, that he prefers to do his own grocery shopping. Lucky for us, the local supermarket caters to just his demographic: three year olds who watch [...]

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It’s never too early to start teaching children the important stuff in life. Like the Yankees. Especially when her older brothers are such sports fanatics, she’ll need to be able to hold her own.

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Sometimes the best intentions yield bad results. Last week, for Mothers Day, Thing 1 pledged to help. He even made this in school. How adorable.

So, with Thing 1 leading the way, he and Thing 2 set out to clean the basement. They may even have told me first. I don’t [...]

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I am regularly abused by Thing 3. He likes to randomly jump on me, bop me on the head, and generally use me as his personal jungle gym. Lately, he has become very bossy with his newly emerging ability to talk.
“Daddy, sit”, “Daddy read book”, and my personal favorite “On Daddy head” which [...]

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It’s a time honored tradition. Each class in the school puts on a winter show. The kids rehearse for weeks and all the parents come to watch. Here are the highlights from this year.
In case you can’t pick out the Things, here are some clues. Thing 1 is strategically [...]

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Thing 2 turns four years old tomorrow.  His birthday also happens to be on Fathers Day this year.  We had the party last week, so no real big plans tomorrow.
Except he keeps asking who is coming to his birthday tomorrow.  I’m not sure what he is expecting since we had a full blown dual party [...]

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Toddlers can be attached to the strangest objects.  Thing 2 had Mustache Guy and Mister Dragon.
Thing 3 has cycled through several stuffed animals as his comfort objects.  First it was the monkey, then Pablo from Backyardigans.  Stuffed animals I can understand as comfort objects.  They are soft and cute.
But his latest object doesn’t make a [...]

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