Survived our first family road trip
14 hours with a 4 and 7 year old. Packed snacks, downloaded movies, made a playlist everyone could agree on. No major meltdowns, no one asked how much longer after hour 2, and we a
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14 hours with a 4 and 7 year old. Packed snacks, downloaded movies, made a playlist everyone could agree on. No major meltdowns, no one asked how much longer after hour 2, and we a
Been working on this for months. He kept giving up saying it was too hard. Today he just did it without asking for help. I may have teared up a little watching him concentrate and
He's been training hard for track and today he PR'd in the 400m. Watched him cross that finish line and he was so proud of himself. The look on his face when I told him how proud I
Been working with him all summer and today he just took off down the driveway. I let go and he made it like 20 feet before the wobbly landing but man I've never been so proud. My w
They were going at it for like 10 minutes and I was about ready to lose it. Then I suggested they take turns for 5 minutes each and somehow that worked. They're actually playing to
Made chicken, roasted veggies, rice pilaf from scratch. Honestly thought it would be a disaster but everyone ate it and asked for seconds. My 4yo said it was 'yummy like mcdonald's
We were just sitting in the truck waiting for his mom and he goes 'dad you're the best dad ever because you let me pick the music.' That's it. That's all it took. Playing some Imag
I've been trying to get them to branch out from chicken nuggets for like a year. Finally took them to this place and they both ordered edamame and some veggie rolls. They actually
STOP. He saw it on a sign and just said it out loud. His mom and I lost it. He was so proud of himself and didn't even fully understand why we were making such a big deal about it
She's 6 and we were watching some superhero movie and she just casually said 'you're like a superhero too dad cause you save me from scary things.' I didn't cry at work. I didn't.
It's me and her playing together. Not much to most people but I'm keeping this forever. She's 7 and doesn't always want to hang out with me much anymore so this really made my day.
My wife had a work trip so I decided to take the boys camping for the first time without her. I was nervous about it but honestly it went way better than expected. We caught a bunc
The garage door opener has been acting up since like February and I kept putting it off. Today I actually sat down and figured it out instead of just complaining about it. Feels go
We were just sitting on the couch playing video games together and out of nowhere he goes 'dad you're the best dad ever.' I asked why and he said because I always let him pick the
I've been trying to teach him for like 6 months and today he just did it. Both shoes. I almost cried in the car line lol. He was so proud of himself and kept showing everyone. Thes
Planted a little garden in the backyard with them and now they'll actually eat the carrots and tomatoes we grow. They were so skeptical at first but watching them eat something the
I don't even know how it happened but I made some roasted broccoli and she asked for seconds. My wife looked at me like I performed a magic trick. This might be my greatest parenti
My son crashed it and I kept saying I'd fix it but never got around to it. Well today I spent my Saturday actually doing it instead of just saying I would. Now he's out riding it a
I was just sitting on the floor building Legos with him and he looked up and said 'Dad you're my favorite person in the whole wide world.' I'm not crying you're crying. These momen
Been practicing with him all summer and he actually made the competitive squad. He's only 10 and I'm already planning his professional career. My wife says I need to calm down but