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I'm a mechanic and honestly most of my kids have wanted to be football players or astronauts or whatever. But today my 7 year old walked into the garage, watched me work on a carbu
Wife took the kids to get some stuff while I ran an errand. I finished early and went to find them and my 3 year old spotted me from like 30 feet away and just screamed 'DADDY!' an
He's been working on reading for like 6 months and we do it together every night. But today he just grabbed a beginner book and sat down and read the whole thing on his own without
Usually my son's lunch comes home barely touched and I'm like what am I even doing. But today I threw in his favorite sandwich, some fruit, pretzels, and a little note with a joke.
Wife had book club so I was solo parenting. Expected total chaos but we actually stuck to the routine and nobody fought it. Bath by 7, books by 7:30, lights out by 8. Both kids fel
My wife was literally standing right there. The look on her face was priceless. Told my daughter that's awesome but mom is equally awesome in different ways. But yeah I'm riding th
No training wheels. No hands hovering. Watched from the porch as he pedaled down the street and turned the corner. Longest 3 minutes of my life but when he came back around with th
For real though. Three days in the woods, no wifi, campfire meals, hiking, sleeping in a tent. I was ready for constant whining but they actually loved it. My oldest even said it w
Been working with him on this for months. Today he walked up to me with both shoes tied and just had this look of pure pride on his face. I actually teared up a little. We did a li
He wanted to try out so I let him. Didn't force it, didn't pressure him, just drove him to practice and showed up to games. Got the email today that he made the middle school team.
She was scared of the dark and had a nightmare. Came into our room around 2am crying. I held her for like ten minutes and told her I'd keep her safe. She settled down and went back
This morning my 11 month old let go of the couch and walked straight to me. Four wobbly steps but he made it. He looked at me like 'did you see that dad?' and I immediately called
After 8 months of practice I just changed my son's diaper in 27 seconds flat. No explosion, everything went smoothly, he barely cried. My wife walked in and was like 'did you just.
I was opening a jar at lunch and my 4 year old goes 'daddy you're the strongest person in the whole world!' Literally made my entire week. She's been tough on me lately with the wh
She came home from school today and said she wanted me to be her date for the spring dance instead of going with her friends. My 9 year old still wants to spend that time with dad
Three months of practice and today he just took off down the driveway without holding onto me. I'm talking full independent pedaling, no wobble, pure confidence. Had to sit down af
He was worried all week about tryouts, kept saying he wasn't good enough compared to the other kids. We went to batting practice a few extra times and just talked about doing his b
Dude. DUDE. My 9 year old hit a home run in his baseball game today and I'm still shaking. He's been practicing all season and striking out most games. But today the pitch came and
Our 3 year old finally slept through the whole night without his pacifier. We've been trying to transition him for like 3 months and honestly thought it would never happen. Woke up
I've got a 5 year old and an 8 year old and for like two hours today they just played Mario Kart together and actually had fun. No screaming, no controller throwing, no tattling on