SuburbanDaddy

Often overlooked this time of year, when we are choosing gifts for our kids, is the amount of work required to assemble the gifts.
Last year it was the basketball hoop in the driveway which took 400 pounds of sand to fill the base. Yes, 400 lbs that I had to cart back [...]

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Yet another great meal served up by SuburbanDaddy.

Hot dogs are not a healthy choice for 4 kids, you say? Nonsense. I wouldn’t give them anything I don’t give myself.

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As parents, we never want our children to suffer. We’ll do anything to help them. But there are times we just cannot help, no matter how much we want to. And it breaks our hearts to watch them struggle and suffer.
This weekend I was not able to help Thing 3 when he [...]

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Maybe there really is something to the old expression “they don’t make ‘em like they used to.”
The classic toys and games, many of the same ones I played as a kid, are still great and kids love them.
Right now, the most popular game in my house is Hungry Hungry Hippos. It’s not very [...]

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Parents often sound like broken records saying the same thing to our kids over and over. There is one phrase in particular that I say at least 50 times a day without exaggeration.
Can you guess what it is? Put your answer in the comments.

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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have 4 kids? It’s not all that unique to your daily life if you have any number of kids. Just more of it. I’ll take you through my day today, which is pretty typical, and see if it’s anything like you imagined.
If I had [...]

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There are some toys you never get for your own kids, but they make great gifts for other people’s kids.
For example take this birthday present Thing 2 received from Suburban Aunt and Uncle. We’ve seen commercials for the Super Soaker on TV and usually hear comments like “that’s awesome!”.

Not so awesome when I got [...]

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I just made a $17 investment that will pay returns many times over. A third Wii controller. No more refereeing fights, or separating because of fighting. In about a year we’ll be getting a fourth controller for Thing 4.

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