SuburbanDaddy

This weekend started off with two signs of the apocalypse. After a very long work week where I traveled across the country in two days, I was expecting the usual marathon weekend.
But on Saturday morning, Things 1, 2, and 3 ALL slept until 7am. Unprecedented. Saturday morning, I declared I [...]

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Every parent knows how expensive college will be by the time our kids are old enough to go. The question is, what to do about it? SuburbanMommy and I argue about discuss this on a regular basis. How much we should be saving now for our kid’s college, and how much [...]

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The big weekend didn’t go as well as we had hoped. The rest of the weekend went pretty much like the early update. We had some mild, bribery induced successes.  But there were also many, many accidents. To the point where Thing 2 actually asked to wear a diaper on Sunday. [...]

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First update on the big weekend. Thing 2 was very excited to be wearing big boy underwear. He picked Thomas The Train. He was even more excited when he saw the bag of Oreos. He gets one every time he goes potty.
The Oreos were an instant success. He went pee [...]

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I’ve written a lot about the difficulties we’ve had with Thing 1 and potty training.  I guess it’s to be expected since he’s our first one and we learn as we go.  It’s what experts call the “guinea pig syndrome”.
We have tried very hard not to push Thing 2 to use the potty until he [...]

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Thing 2 wakes up early, usually around 5:30am, and likes to come into our room. It may seem like an early wake up call, but it’s much better than him waking up at 5:30am and screaming until we get him.
He’s very snuggly in the morning, and he likes to lay between SuburbanMommy and me, [...]

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Looking back at my home alone weekend, I can laugh at it now. We all made it through. No major incidents to report. The house is a little dirtier. My hair a little grayer.
Here is what SuburbanMommy was doing this weekend. She’s the one with the empty wine glass.

For comparison, [...]

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I am home alone with Things 1-3 this weekend.  SuburbanMommy has abandoned me in favor of a weekend of spa treatments, drinking, fine food, and Oscars.
We are halfway through Saturday and so far so good.  We went to a birthday party in the neighborhood this morning.  Right now, Thing 3 is napping, Thing 2 is [...]

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