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Been working with him all summer and today he just took off down the driveway. I was running behind him ready to catch him and he made it all the way to the end without falling. He
Somehow managed to get all 3 kids packed, lunches made, backpacks ready, and out the door 5 minutes early. No one forgot anything. No one cried. I'm basically a superhero right now
All I did was let him pick what we had for lunch and helped him build a fort in the living room. He came up and hugged me and said it unprompted. Going to remember this forever. Th
Took him to grab some food after his soccer game and somehow we ended up having this really good conversation about college and what he wants to do. He was actually engaged and ask
That's it that's the post. She actually said my pancakes are better than mommy's. I'm never gonna recover from this high.
Been practicing with him all summer in the heat and he actually made it. Watched him light up when he found out. He's been playing in rec league but always wanted to try travel. No
We've been divorced for 3 years now and co parent pretty well. Today my daughter randomly asked if I was gonna marry mommy again and I said no but that we'll always be a family. Sh
We pulled off my son's 8th birthday party at the park without a single meltdown from him or us. Got the setup done in like 20 minutes, all the kids actually played together, parent
Took the kids 7 and 9 years old on our first real camping trip without mom. We hiked 4 miles Saturday morning, caught some actual fish, made a fire and roasted marshmallows, slept
I know this is probably a normal thing for most 6 year olds but I literally got emotional watching her sit down and read the entire Dr Seuss book out loud. No pointing at words ask
Been working on this for months and today it finally clicked. He did both shoes without help and was so proud of himself he walked around the house showing everyone. These are the
I coached her soccer team this season and after the final game she hugged me and said she was proud I was her dad. I'm not gonna lie, I had to go to the garage for a minute after t
I know this sounds dumb but my 8yo and 5yo were building something with legos and actually cooperating. No arguing, no screaming, just two kids working together for like 20 minutes
Everyone said it would take forever and we'd struggle for months. Decided to just go for it one day and stuck with it. He had like 2 accidents the whole time and now he's asking to
Both kids are in school now and I just survived drop off week without a meltdown from either of them. My 5 year old was nervous about kindergarten but when I picked him up he told
I gave him a banana for snack and he just looked at me and goes "thank you daddy". His mom's been working on manners but man that just melted my heart. Feeling like we're doing som
She's been doing soccer for about 6 weeks and today in the game she actually scored. Didn't even know where the net was half the time at first but something clicked. The look on he
I know it sounds weird but my 8 year old wanted to help with taxes so I let him organize receipts and he was actually super into it. Asked a bunch of questions about what different
Told them the stupidest joke about a chicken crossing a road but with different endings for each kid. Like completely nonsensical but they were dying laughing. Wife was like what i
Been working with him for like 3 months. Today I let go and he just kept going. Made it like 20 feet before he ate it but dude the look on his face when he realized he did it. Took