SuburbanDaddy

Over the last eight years, we have amassed a large amount of digital pictures and videos.  132 gigabytes to be exact.  And the number keeps growing.  What to do with all those memories?  How do I make sure they are never lost?
For a long time, I’ve been keeping them on the hard drive of our [...]

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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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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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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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It was difficult at times, but somehow we managed to potty train 2 out of 4 Things. We are close to starting down that road with Thing 3, mainly because he needs to be out of diapers before moving to the next preschool class in September. Unfortunately he wants no part of it. [...]

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Do you have lots of perfectly good kids clothes that are never worn because they’ve grown out of them? Of course you do. How would you like to trade them for clothes in their size?
I recently found a new website where you can do just that. ThredUP Kids is the way [...]

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I just learned about a cool website called KneeBouncers. It looks absolutely perfect for Thing 3 because he is always trying to use the computer like his big brothers, but he only ends up clicking the wrong buttons and hitting the wrong keys.
KneeBouncers gives babies and toddlers the opportunity to play on the internet, [...]

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All kids are high energy. But mine seem to feed off each other’s energy and never stop moving.
We have found the perfect outlet for their energy in a $35 trampoline. Just add some friendly sibling competition, “Who can jump the most times without stopping?”, and you’ve got yourself 30 minutes of peace. [...]

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