SuburbanDaddy

Thing 4 is a great sleeper. At two years old she actually asks to go to bed when she’s tired, usually just before 8pm, and the bedtime routine is literally 30 seconds. It’s a nice contrast with Thing 3 whose bedtime routine can take 30 minutes.
There is one slight problem, though, with Thing [...]

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Thing 4 is into the typical girl stuff. Dolls, bracelets, and her favorite color pink. But she lives in a house with 3 older brothers who are into throwing, tackling, and football. What happens when these worlds collide?

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If Friendly’s Ice Cream is looking for a model for an advertising campaign, could they ever come up with anyone cuter than this?

Hey Friendly’s, you owe us for this free advertising. If you want to see more pictures of your products with Thing 4, she only works for ice cream.

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The winter shows at preschool have become an annual tradition. It’s always unpredictable. Who will sing? Who will have stage fright? Who will run to us crying?
This year, Thing 3 had his best performance yet. He stayed on the stage the whole time. A little bit of stage fright, [...]

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She may be only one and a half years old, but Thing 4 is already turning heads. Check out her sweater and coordinated accessories. She insists on getting dressed to walk out to the bus stop with her brothers every morning. Maybe there is a cute Kindergartner she is trying to impress.
When I [...]

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Whenever the phone rings, Thing 4 runs over wanting to talk on it.  So whenever caller ID says “Number Unavailable” we let her screen the call.  The person on the other end of the call gets to hear some babbling, a lot of silence, and if phones worked this way, a lot of drool.  It’s [...]

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It was a clear, post-hurricane Irene morning for the first day of school today. Thing 2 started first grade, riding the bus for the first time, and Thing 1 is an old pro now in second grade.

SuburbanMommy made them endure the yearly ritual of hair combing, collared shirts, and lots of pictures.  One [...]

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Considering all the struggles we went through to finally get the boys potty trained, I’m trying not to get too excited about Thing 4 wanting to sit on the potty. She also tells us when her diaper is dirty and happily lets us change it.

Potty trained before two years old? An [...]

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