SuburbanDaddy

Do you use coupons? Of course you do. It’s free money.
You probably get pages of coupons with the weekend newspaper. How many coupons do you end up tossing away because your family doesn’t use the products?
What if there were an easy way to trade the coupons you don’t want, for [...]

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It’s that time of year. Back to school is celebrated by parents everywhere. Today was open house where kids can meet their new teacher, find their desk, and get used to the fact that summer vacation is over.
Thing 1 got comfortable in a reading chair in his second grade (wow!) classroom.

Thing 2 tried [...]

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We’ve been having problems with the air conditioning system since, well, last year.  It’s been leaking refrigerant which we’ve refilled three times.  It’s probably not the best thing for the environment, especially since it’s an older unit and that type of refrigerant isn’t allowed anymore, but refilling for a few hundred dollars is much better [...]

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Thing 2 graduated from Kindergarten. This by itself is a big reason for celebration.
But it also marks another very important milestone – one more kid entering public (free!) school.
Two down and two more to go.

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Tomorrow marks the end of an era when Thing 4 graduates to the toddler classroom at daycare.
No more infant room. No more taking my shoes off to enter the classroom. No more filling out the sheet detailing when she last ate, last slept, and her mood for the day.
We’ve been in infant [...]

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Researchers recently found out that kids prefer the taste of food that comes in a package with cartoon characters. Really? I had no idea. Oh, is this the reason they put all the Sponge Bob mac & cheese boxes at knee level where Thing 3 can grab it as he is running [...]

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There are some things I didn’t think were possible. I never thought we’d get as much snow in DC as we did last winter. I didn’t think the Redskins could get any worse, but they manage to do it every year, much to my enjoyment.
And, I never thought Thing 3 would be potty [...]

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First, Thing 4 was sick with a stomach virus over the weekend. She was home sick from daycare Friday and Monday, and her classroom was like a scene from the Exorcist with so many of the kids throwing up.
Next, following his performance in the school concert, Thing 1 got sick in the backseat of [...]

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