SuburbanDaddy

This sort of thing happens so often I hardly even notice it anymore. But, taken out of context, I have to think it looks different.
Thing 1: Daddy, Thing 2 peed on the floor
Me: How do you know?
Thing 1: He told me
Me: [to Thing 2] Did you pee on the floor?
Thing 2: [...]

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There is a lot of mean stuff that kids say about other kids. Teasing and insults are kid specialties.
Thing 1 and Thing 2 were discussing football on the way to school one morning. It’s about all they discuss these days.
Look, there’s a red car…they must like the Chiefs. Or, it’s [...]

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Kids have their own brand of humor. Let’s just say Jay Leno and Conan O’brien have nothing to worry about from these two comediennes.
Thing 2: Why did the chicken go in the pool?
Why?
Thing 2: Because he wanted to go down the drain
Ba dum bump!
Thing 2: Why did the chicken go to the barn?
Thing 1: [...]

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I encourage my kids to ask questions. I make a point to stop what I’m doing to give them explanations they can understand.
“Where does snow come from”, “How do airplanes fly?”, “How does Santa go to every house in one night”, “How many points do you get for a touchdown”.
These are very important questions [...]

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This morning Thing 1 and Thing 2 were eating breakfast. Conversation was flowing, meaning both were talking at the same time, and neither was listening. A typical morning.
Out of nowhere, Thing1 was on the verge of tears. Very upset.
SuburbanDaddy: What’s wrong?
Thing 1: (tears in his eyes) He is talking so loud I [...]

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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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Thing 1 (The Greek) and Thing 2 (The Swami) have made their predictions for Week 13’s Game of the Week – New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys.
The Giants (6-5) are at home and favored to beat the Cowboys (8-3) by 2.5 points by the so-called professional experts. The over under is 45.5 points.
Thing 1 [...]

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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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