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    chillmonroe
    Haraki san Student
    @Brian
    Joined: 6 Sept 2023

    @Brian hate drop off but love pickup. I get my boy screaming “DAD” and running up for me to pick him up. But he’s four. I’m sure that’ll change once he’s in middle school 🤣🤣🤣

    “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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      SKT
      見習いボス
      Joined: 26 Aug 2019

      I love (and miss) the “let out of school run to Dad” moments. My 5th grade daughter will still manage a hug most days at pick up but my 7th grade son is done with any PDA. One of the most bittersweet things is happening to me at this stage of parenting…the inevitable pulling away. The need for independence. The testing of the waters. Anyway, it’s natural and right but can sting. Not to get too sappy but that saying, “you never know when it’s the last time you’ll pick up your kid”…I’ve been feeling that lately and wish I could pick both mine up and give them a big hug.

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        bluemantra
        Haraki san Prodigy
        @SKT
        Joined: 19 Feb 2023

        @SKT i needed to hear this. Sometimes it can be tiring putting my 7 y/o to bed every night after a long day of work and it feels like it will never end, but my wife keeps telling he's not always going to be asking for you at bedtime so enjoy it.

        WTB IHJ-140-IG size L

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          SKT
          見習いボス
          @bluemantra
          Joined: 26 Aug 2019

          @bluemantra I’m glad and I think your wife is absolutely right…gotta enjoy it while it lasts.

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            Brian
            Joined: 24 Nov 2022

            The pickup when he’s happy to see me and the drop off when he’s sad to see me leave is fine it’s the actual loathing of the driving there and parking that’s all

            Feel lucky if they want you to put them to bed
            Jacobs 8 and apart from a story in bed I’m then literally pushed out the door with a quick see you in the morning ( which is his code for I will wake you up at 6am no matter what time you went to bed )

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              Danimal506
              Haraki san Expert
              Joined: 13 Aug 2019

              @bluemantra Hell yea brother! It’s a trip for sure

              I came home after a ten hour day in construction and an attempted house viewing, to my son clinging to my leg and making my carry him around the apartment like an ankle bracelet 🤣

              And then he begins “dad big jump!” And I had to moon bounce him around the apartment for the next half hour. Doing 30lb squat/chest presses hahah The best 🙂

              WTB:
              IHC-06
              IHSW-70 L or XL
              UHF Pillow Cover

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                chillmonroe
                Haraki san Student
                @SKT
                Joined: 6 Sept 2023

                @SKT dude I think about this all the time. We actually have a game we play. He knows that someday he’s gonna be too big and there will be a last time I pick him up. So every day when I get him out of bed for breakfast, we check in to see if this time will be the last time. He’s four so we have some time left still. But tbh the way time flies by probably not as much as we think. But this way at least we won’t miss it when it happens. And now I’m all up in my feels

                “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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                  chillmonroe
                  Haraki san Student
                  Joined: 6 Sept 2023

                  Breakfast with two toddlers, the aftermath

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                  “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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                    Danimal506
                    Haraki san Expert
                    Joined: 13 Aug 2019

                    Today was my little boys 3rd birthday, so we drove down to the San Antonio Zoo for the morning and then spent the afternoon at his favorite playground 🙂 The dirt bike is a new toy that he carried around the entire day!

                    That was his first time on a carousel and it was a huge hit!

                    Too hot for any denim today lol

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                    WTB:
                    IHC-06
                    IHSW-70 L or XL
                    UHF Pillow Cover

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                      Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                      The Unwoven
                      Joined: 11 Feb 2023

                      Happy bday to him! Sounds like a heck of a fun day 👍

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                        GraemeE
                        Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                        This donut vacuum turned 1 last Sunday

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                          Matt
                          見習いボス
                          Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                          I love donuts.

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                            GraemeE
                            Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                            Turns out the amount of teeth you need to annihilate them is 5-6

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                              Danimal506
                              Haraki san Expert
                              @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                              Joined: 13 Aug 2019

                              @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot Thank you! Yea he’s gonna sleep good tonight haha

                              WTB:
                              IHC-06
                              IHSW-70 L or XL
                              UHF Pillow Cover

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                                Tago Mago
                                Mod Squad
                                @GraemeE
                                Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                                @Matt

                                This donut vacuum turned 1 last Sunday turns 49 this year (wild guess, feel free to insert correct age)

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                                  Matt
                                  見習いボス
                                  Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                  Right and right.

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                                    GraemeE
                                    Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                                    Our early version chromecast died today so now we have to actually parent the 1-2 kids who wake up first from 5-6am......

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                                      Brian
                                      @GraemeE
                                      Joined: 24 Nov 2022

                                      @GraemeE

                                      My Apple TV box and subscriptions serve me well during those hours when I’m still sleeping

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                                        scarfmace
                                        Haraki san Expert
                                        Joined: 20 Feb 2015

                                        My boys turned 7 and 9 over the last couple of weeks. Since last year, I've made it a tradition to all go on a week long holiday (we went to Marocco last year - I think I posted some pictures)
                                        This year, we went to Ibiza. The week went by like crazy, and I got filled with so many emotions I could barely keep track.
                                        They are still my baby boys, but I can see and feel them growing older. I still put my 7y old on my shoulders during walks every time he asks me too because I know that one day, it'll be the last time. Same with bedtime stories and all the other little things.

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                                        "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

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                                          chillmonroe
                                          Haraki san Student
                                          @GraemeE
                                          Joined: 6 Sept 2023

                                          @GraemeE man, I look forward to the day my little guys are self sufficient enough to even babysit themselves with TV while we sleep in. We’re still in the crack of dawn, get their little asses up, wipe those asses, and try to feed them while getting screamed at for giving them a blue bowl instead of a yellow one phase

                                          “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

                                          • Siddhartha Gautama
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