SuburbanDaddy

This is from last year but it’s still great to watch. Thing 1 sings the holiday classics at his “piano”. That is, when he isn’t distracted by the blocks in the piano.

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I promised I would do more look-alikes. Here is one for Thing 3. I see some resemblance in the nose.

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This never gets old in our family. A natural performer, Thing 2 loves to show off his muscles. He’ll do a few poses, then realize everyone is looking at him (and laughing), and then he gets embarrassed and slumps his shoulders. It’s very funny. And I can assure you that, unlike [...]

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Watching this dimly lit scene between Thing 1 and Thing 2 made me flash forward about a dozen years. I started to picture an innocent, teenage Thing 2, getting a lesson from his big brother on how to “take a hit”.
Then the image in my mind unraveled further, to Thing 2 hanging around all [...]

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Thing 1 and I were at a window table at Starbucks.  He was enjoying his chocolate milk and cookie.  I had my blueberry muffin and grande green tea.  We were watching the cars in the busy parking lot go by, as the first snow of the year came down.  I guess it was a reflective [...]

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Thing 2 often wakes up in the middle of the night, stands up in his crib, and cries until someone comes to his room. As soon as we leave the room, he starts again, until we usually break down and take him into our bed so we can get some sleep. Recently, we [...]

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Thing 1 just turned four. I go back and forth on whether the time has gone by fast or not. In some ways, it has been a blur, and I remember clearly when there was just one Thing and that was about all I could possibly handle. Now there are three of [...]

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Another dad sings about “all the crying and the whining” that’s part of putting kids to bed. I couldn’t have said it any better…

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