Parenting

[StarsSuck]

@scarfmace Brilliant! This year I am starting solo trips with each of my kids, twins, a boy and a girl. They like very different stuff and they both need their own time apart from each other to explore and grow, so we're going to take turns. My boy wants to do Egypt, so he and I are planning that one, which I am super excited about. My girl wants to do France and has since forever, so that's on deck for the two of us. They are both very intoxicated by the idea, which makes their traveller-father proud!

[StarsSuck]

@Matt Chewing loudly was the dinnertime cardinal sin when I was a kid, punishable by immediate expulsion from the table. I thought it was an overreaction...until I had kids.

[StarsSuck]

@SKT ah yes, the old "colonizing Mars" debate. A tale as old as time.

[GraemeE]

IYKYK - it's been quite a weekend.....
This bracelet is one of the few that makes a GAH seem inexpensive by comparison (even if you don't factor in the cost of the next 18 years)

[Matt]

Sucker.

[Matt]

In retrospect, I wish I had gone with the model 10

[GraemeE]

I love my kids but i have some "surgical plumbing" matters to attend to post haste

[Matt]

Best weekend of my life.

[mhussy]

@Matt said in Parenting:

Best weekend of my life.

@Matt what did you do?

[A Former User]

The kids were gone is my guess

[Matt]

Laid in bed for 2 days hiding from my kids eating their Easter candy and watching Netflix on the iPad.

[GraemeE]

Once the postpartum dust settles I'll form a gameplan

[Matt]

Ooh. Best of luck to you both.

[GraemeE]

I might just punch myself in the dick repeatedly to see if I can diy it

It would be a good distraction as well

[EdH]

First stomach bug from nursery. Thanks Baby H.

Cheesed off that all she had was a couple of pukes and one bad nappy. Mrs H dodged it entirely (for now...?). I get to spend yesterday in bed with aches, a fever, sweats, and the other fun that comes with a stomach bug. Doesn't seem fair.

[scarfmace]

she will get her turn

[Matt]

[Matt]

Katie and the kids used to get sick for 2ish days. I was down for 2ish weeks. Every time.

[long_john86]

I was a bit lost this morning with what to do with my 4 1/2 year old son, with the wife needing to catch up on some work.
Ended up printing out one of these free forestry hunt sheets from the net - 4 hours later and I’m not sure where the time has gone! Turns out there a lots of these types of ‘check list’ children’s pdfs online for free covering various topics and themes.

Absolutely freezing outside so we were both layered up to the hills; but I always think the cold weather makes coming back home so much nicer and instils that sense of gratitude in him of actually having a warm home to come back to.

The sheet (crosses and ticks both permitted apparently)

Looking for insects under a rock

Of course the opportunity to layer up some IH (295, 293, 888, M51)

Chilling by the lake (those two Canadian Geese were aptly named Mr. Wet and Mr. Angry - they are clearly used to being fed and weren’t happy that we weren’t feeding them!)

Interesting/thought-provoking sign on a big old tree

[long_john86]

The only present that my wife requested today for Mother’s Day…. Child-free time

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