My son told me he couldn't find his shoes this morning so we couldn't go to school. I tore the house apart looking for them while he acted all sad and helpful. Turns out he hid them in the garage because he "didn't want to go to school today." I was mad for like 30 seconds before I realized how crea...

Used to cook dinner from scratch like 5 nights a week. I was that guy who enjoyed it, watched cooking shows, the whole deal. Now Tuesday is frozen pizza night and Thursday is 'whatever the kids will actually eat' night and you know what, I don't miss the stress. My family is happy and fed and I'm no...

Overheard my 10yo telling a kid at school to stop making fun of his friend for being bad at sports. The kid actually stopped. Teacher told me about it at pickup. I didn't even have to teach him this explicitly - he just... got it. Been riding high all week.

Okay this is probably random but I'm celebrating because my 12yo came to me last week and said he wanted to stop playing Fortnite because "all the cool stuff costs money and I'm tired of feeling left out." LIKE... a kid actually came to that realization himself? He still games but plays Minecraft an...

Had a moment today where my 9 year old refused to take credit for something his friend did wrong, even though nobody would have known. He said he couldn't do that because it wouldn't be right. I never sat him down and lectured him about integrity but there he was showing it without even thinking abo...

After 18 months of back and forth, my ex and I finally agreed to a schedule that doesn't drive us insane. 50/50 custody with flexibility built in so we can swap weeks if something comes up. The key was us both agreeing upfront that the kids come first, not winning points off each other. It sounds ob...

My ex is supposed to have the kids every other weekend but she keeps rescheduling last minute. This week she told me Saturday that she couldn't take them till Sunday. It messes up my plans and more importantly messes with the kids knowing when they'll see her. Our custody agreement says every other ...

Just got my last tool rack mounted and organized everything the way I wanted it. This is my sanctuary. The kids know not to bother me out here when the garage door is closed. Been spending my Saturday mornings just working on old projects and restoring some hand tools my grandfather left me. Feels g...

My 13 and 15 year old are way more into gaming and YouTube than Instagram or TikTok. Like they have accounts but barely post. I keep waiting for the social media drama everyone talks about but it's just not happening. My wife thinks they're lying about it but I believe them. Curious if this is norma...

I told him I was just checking to make sure I was using the blender correctly. He goes "Dad you've made a smoothie every morning for 5 years." I said "Yeah and I want to keep my perfect streak going."

Apparently saying "I'm on a roll" every morning while making toast is grounds for divorce. Also "lettuce have a nice day" at lunch and "orange you glad we're eating dinner" at night. I think she's overreacting but I've been told to stop. The kids still laugh though so I'm calling this a win.

I'm not even that into soccer but seeing his face light up when that ball went in the net was worth every Saturday morning drive at 7am. He ran straight to the sideline screaming and I might have gotten a little misty eyed. These moments go so fast man.

My wife is exclusively nursing our 2 month old and while I'm grateful we don't have to deal with pumping, I feel like I'm just standing around watching her do all the hard work. I do bottles when we use expressed milk and diaper changes but those feel like crumbs. Anyone else feel like this? Any way...

Unprompted hug and kiss when I got home from work today. That's it that's the post. I'm running on that for the rest of the week.

Started having bedtime prayers where each of us says something we're thankful for and something we're worried about. It's been maybe two weeks. Last night my 6yo prayed for his friend who's moving away and asked God to help him not be lonely. My 10yo prayed about doing better on his test. The honest...