Like, I'm literally texting my ex about our kids through an app because we can't text each other normally anymore. It feels dystopian. Everything is documented, formal, logged. I miss just being able to text like "hey my bad, can you grab diapers" without it feeling like a court proceeding. Obvious...
Did it. Ages 4, 6, and 9. By myself. For 5 hours. And nobody got lost, nobody melted down (okay one small thing with the 4yo and cotton candy but we recovered), and we all had a great time. My wife was skeptical when I suggested it but I was like "I got this." Spoiler alert: I got this. The 6yo was ...
Started this project thinking it'd be a disaster but my son is obsessed with woodworking lately so I figured why not. Spent 3 weekends with him helping me measure, saw, and nail planks into the oak tree in our backyard. Used a bunch of 2x8s, some rope, and honestly way too many nails because he insi...
If you have a kid aged 6-10 who likes tech stuff, get this thing. Costs like $80 on sale sometimes. My son got it for his birthday and he's been playing with it for 3 weeks straight. It's not just a screen - it's actually interactive, builds problem-solving, and he's not just mindlessly scrolling. H...
He FINALLY took off the training wheels last month and I wasn't sure it was gonna happen honestly. We spent like 8 weekends in the parking lot behind our elementary school just going in circles. Yesterday he rode a full two blocks without falling and I felt like he just won the Olympics lol. Small w...
So I posted like a month ago about being terrified to leave our 4-month-old with my parents overnight for the first time. We did it last weekend and honestly? It was fine. Not boring fine, but like... my wife and I actually had a real conversation without interruptions. We went to dinner, slept 8 ho...
My 10yo won't stop asking for the LEGO Mindstorms EV3. It's like $350 which feels insane for LEGOs. He's pretty into building stuff and coding (started Scratch last year) so it seems like a fit but I'm worried he'll play with it for a week and move on. Anyone have experience with this? Is there a ch...
Spent last weekend building a workbench from 2x4s and plywood. Cost about $80 total and it's not fancy but it's MINE and the kids can't destroy my tools anymore. Currently working on a birdhouse for my daughter's school project. Honestly might prefer garage time to family game night at this point lo...
Leaving my current place after 6 years. New role pays better, smaller company (50 people), and during interviews I was very explicit about needing flexibility for school stuff. Their response: "We're flexible, people work when they want as long as the work gets done." I've heard this song before bu...
Got one of those doorway pull-up bars from Amazon ($35, 10/10 would recommend) and managed to do 8 actual pull-ups today. Haven't been able to do that since college. My 9yo daughter was like "Dad you're getting ripped" and honestly? That might've been the best compliment I've received all year. Smal...
My 4yo watches Bluey constantly and now she plays exactly like they do on the show. Structured imaginative play, actually talking it out, not just screaming nonsense. It's genuinely impressive. But also now when I mess up the games she calls me out like "Dad, you're supposed to be doing the objectiv...
Signed up my 8yo for a pottery class thinking it'd be this cool creative outlet thing. First class he glazed his mug purple and blue (clashing, not intentional) and then when it came back from the kiln it broke in the middle because apparently he didn't center it right. He was SO upset and now refus...
Our kids have rejected literally every chicken nugget brand we've bought EXCEPT Tyson Air Fried from Costco. Not even joking, we've tried Perdue, store brand, the fancy organic ones from the fancy grocery store. Nope. Only Tyson. Do I feel silly that I'm now the guy who has strong opinions about chi...
Like every single day. "Why do we have to die?" "What happens when we dream?" "If I think about thinking am I thinking?" It's actually amazing but also I'm running out of answers that don't sound stupid. Anyone got good resources or am I overthinking this?
Real talk - some evenings I just sit at my desk until 6:30pm because I can't face sitting in traffic AND then immediately being "on" as a parent. Is that terrible? My commute is 45 min normally but crawls. Staying late gives me decompression time but feels dishonest?