Told him if he kept eating sweets he'd get a sugar rush. He goes 'Dad, I'm already a sugar rush. I'm your son.' Had to leave the room so he wouldn't see me cracking up. The kid's got dad joke energy at 9 years old. I'm either the best influence or the worst one, there's no in between.
Been thinking a lot about this lately. My old man made me shake hands and mean it. You give your word, you keep it, period. Now I'm trying to instill that in my 12 year old and it's harder than I thought. He wanted to back out of helping his scout leader because his friends were doing something else...
Took the family camping and forgot the tent rain fly. Woke up at 3am in a downpour soaked. Had to pack up everything wet and head to a hotel. Not my finest moment as a dad. But you know what, the kids thought it was an adventure. We're going again next month and I've already checked the gear three t...
I work 7-3:30 specifically so I can pick my kids up from school at 3:45. Boss just got on me about being offline during those 15 minutes and I'm pretty frustrated. I make my hours, I get my work done, and this flexibility was part of our remote agreement. Trying to figure out if I should push back o...
Been fully remote for 2 years now and honestly I love it. No commute, can have lunch with my family, see my kids after school. But it's also blurry. Sometimes I'm working till 7pm and the kids are in the next room thinking I'm available. Had to have a real talk with my family about boundaries. When ...
Guys this one hit me hard. We were doing bedtime prayers and my son just looks at me and asks why we pray if God doesn't always say yes. I froze for a minute because honestly it's a great question. Ended up telling him that prayer is more about talking to God and trusting Him even when we don't get ...
I set screen time limits on her iPhone but she figured out how to request more time and I keep approving it because she says she needs it for school projects. She's not. I checked her screen time breakdown and it's 90% social media, 10% actual apps. Her grades are slipping and she's moody when she's...
Ex wants to swap our kids schedule around the last week of July because her family is having a reunion. We agreed to keep consistent weeks when we went through mediation. I'm not against being flexible but I feel like she uses these requests to test boundaries. My new girlfriend had planned a trip w...
Spent the whole Saturday working on the roof instead of going to my son's soccer game. Wife didn't say much but I could tell she was disappointed. I keep telling myself I provide for them, the roof keeps them safe and dry, but I'm starting to realize that's not what they remember. Real leadership an...
There's a brand of diapers called pampers. Took me three kids to actually laugh at that. What do you call a sleeping bull? A bulldozer. My 4 year old made that one up and honestly it's pretty solid. We're reaching dangerous levels of dad joke in this house.
Started running two years ago just to feel less exhausted. Now I do marathons. Before I couldn't play tag with my kids without getting winded. Now they can barely keep up with me. The weight just came off over time. What I miss is the ease of it all, eating whatever, not planning workouts. But what ...
I know I'm late to the party but man this show is perfect background entertainment while I'm doing yard work or sorting through stuff in the garage. My wife walked by during the Dundies episode and was like why are you laughing at the same stuff again and honestly I couldn't explain it. Just hits di...
She's 8 and I was honestly wondering if she'd want to go. She came home from school and told ME about the dance and asked if I wanted to go with her. Went to the mall and we picked out a dress together, she even let me help her with makeup. That dance is in 2 weeks and I'm already looking forward to...
Got tired of my old charcoal grill barely maintaining temp so I splurged on a Traeger. First brisket came out incredible, smoked for 14 hours. Kids actually asked for seconds which is like winning the lottery. Worth every penny.
First kid was hard but manageable. Second one came and I just feel empty most days. Going through the motions. The kids are fine, wife is fine, I'm fine to everyone else but inside I'm just tired. Like bone deep tired. Haven't told anyone yet because who wants to hear that from a dad right? But I'm ...