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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Time for another trip to the dentist with Thing 3.  Based on the pleasant surprise last time, I was kind of expecting it would be fine.  But when I consider his history of dentist visits, shoe shopping, and haircuts, I realize it was just wishful thinking.
He was already anxious, I knew he needed to go [...]

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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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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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We had a little mystery to solve this week. Someone had written, in pen, on the wall. There were just a few letters and what looked like a star or maybe a shape which had been scribbled over.
Who could have done it? There were only three prime suspects. Thing 4 was [...]

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It was bound to happen. With three older brothers and a house full of trucks, trains, and footballs, there is no way she would turn into a princess.
SuburbanMommy has been waiting seven years to shop for frilly dresses and hair bows. But no matter how girly she is dressed, Thing 4 [...]

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We experienced a terrible tragedy recently. Or should I say quagedy. A beloved friend of Thing 3 had a terrible accident and he was very upset as a result. Interestingly, the accident came at the hands, literally, of Thing 3 himself. In a scene reminiscent of Lennie Small from Of Mice and [...]

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This is starting to get a little creepy. First we had a surprisingly good visit to the dentist on Wednesday. And then today, a similar experience with Thing 3’s haircut.

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