SuburbanDaddy

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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This is Thing 3 home sick today. Although he did throw up once during the night, he is in pretty good spirits because he gets to watch movies all day which is one of his favorite activities. And he also gets to play with his little sister’s toys that she got for her [...]

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When you are a fourth child you get a lot of hand me down toys. And when the three before you were boys, those hand me downs include a lot of cars, trucks, trains, and blocks.
So I guess this was expected. Thing 4 likes to play with cars. And bang [...]

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We’ve had a big week or so over here at the SuburbanDaddy household.  A lot of “firsts” and big milestones reached within a very short time.  I’ve already posted about Thing 3’s potty training breakthrough.  We’ve also seen Thing 4 start to walk.  She took her first steps about 2 weeks ago and is able [...]

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The Jekyll and Hyde behavior of Thing 3 continues.  We’ve already seen how he is a completely different person at preschool than he is at home.  And now we find out he’s the biggest story teller in the class.  Each day, during group time, the teacher asks a question and writes down each answer on [...]

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Now that Thing 1 has started 1st grade in a new school, we want to know more about what he does all day and how he is doing.  But you won’t get any of that information from him.
Me:  “How was school today?”
Thing 1:  “Good”
Me:  “What did you do?”
Thing 1: “I don’t remember”
So I rephrased the [...]

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Yesterday was our long anticipated first trip to a pro football game. We’ve been to baseball and basketball games this year, but there is something about your very first football game that you never forget. Being there yesterday brought back my first Giants game with my dad. Also, having not been to [...]

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Sometimes the best intentions yield bad results. Last week, for Mothers Day, Thing 1 pledged to help. He even made this in school. How adorable.

So, with Thing 1 leading the way, he and Thing 2 set out to clean the basement. They may even have told me first. I don’t [...]

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