SuburbanDaddy

This year Santa brought Thing 2 a transformer, Optimus Prime. It’s a robot that turns into a truck. The age range was 5+ but at 4 1/2 years I thought he could manage with some assistance from his big brother.
When I saw the instructions I knew immediately he’d have no chance to transform [...]

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Every parent knows about Baby Einstein videos.  The company was started in the 1990’s by Julie Clark.  They combine classical music, colors, moving images, and babies are mesmerized by them.
The videos started out very low budget.  In the early ones you can see the operators hands working the toys.  Eventually, the company was bought by [...]

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I love a good controversy. Especially one that is so ridiculous like this one. There is a video going around on YouTube of a 4 year old kid reciting the Herb Brooks pre-game pep talk. Apparently, he watched the movie Miracle with his dad 150 times and memorized the speech.
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File this under hard to believe. A manager at a Burger King in St Louis told a family they had to leave because their 6 month old wasn’t wearing shoes! The baby couldn’t walk or even crawl. To borrow from John McEnroe, you have got to be kidding me.
A possible violation of [...]

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Partly because he’s at that age, and partly because it’s his temperament, Thing 3 cries a lot.   Here’s a rundown of a typical weekday morning, as I try to get them to school and me to work.  In between all the crying he’s generally pretty happy and playful.  And the crying doesn’t last long, only [...]

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Apparently, this is a big enough story to make the front page of the Washington Post.  Forget Tickle Me Elmo and Webkinz, the hottest toy this year is a baby doll that actually poops.  Baby Alive comes with food you feed it, and then it pretends to poop.  Just like the real thing.
I don’t know, [...]

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History was made twice this week.  First, on Tuesday, Barack Obama was elected president.  Then, on Sunday, we shattered the record for sleeping in at SuburbanDaddy’s house and slept until 7:04am.  Who said lightning doesn’t strike twice?
I can’t understate how incredible this is.  All of the Things slept past 7 o’clock.  Even more important, I [...]

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I drive a Honda Odyssey minivan.  I actually like it.  Why shouldn’t I?  Because it’s not manly?  Please.  It’s not like the 4 door Civic I drove last year, before getting the minivan, was any more manly.  And I don’t care what car you’re driving, snot on your shirt and cheerios stuck to your [...]

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