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He was struggling with the volcano thing and I showed him how to measure out the baking soda and vinegar ratios. Then we tested it together and he got really excited when it erupte
Did the silly voice thing where I pretend to be his stuffed dinosaur talking about eating broccoli. He absolutely lost it. Milk everywhere, mom was annoyed, but totally worth it. T
Not just grunts and one word answers either. We were driving to soccer and he told me about his new friend group, some drama with a girl he likes, college stuff he's thinking about
Been working with him all summer and today he just took off down the driveway. Didn't crash, didn't panic, just rode like he'd been doing it forever. My wife got it on video and I'
Started this project 8 months ago, reading one chapter a night before bed, and we just finished the last book. My kids were actually sad the series was over. Now my 8 year old want
Made some basic pasta with butter and parmesan for the kids and my youngest said this is the best dinner ever daddy. It's literally the easiest meal possible but he was so happy ab
She's been practicing all summer with her friend, was really nervous about tryouts, and found out today she made the competitive squad. Even better, her best friend made it too. I'
This might sound small but my kiddo has been nervous about it for like a year. We went to the park this morning and after 20 minutes of him wobbling, he finally got it. The second
We were at the park and some older kid was being mean to a smaller kid. My son went over and told him to stop, stood up for the little kid even though the bully was bigger. When we
Had a rough conversation with my 16yo daughter about some poor choices she was making. Thought it went terribly. A week later she thanked me for caring enough to say something hard
He's 11 and never really showed interest in working with his hands. Saw me fixing the deck railing and asked if he could help. Spent the whole Saturday showing him how to measure,
Been working with him for like 6 months on this. He kept giving up and asking me to do it. This morning he just did it. Both shoes. No help. I may have teared up a little bit not g
I know this sounds stupid but I always dreaded camping trips. Cold nights, bugs, no wifi, kids complaining. Decided to just go for it last weekend with a better tent and actually p
We were sitting on the couch this morning and out of nowhere she goes 'Daddy I love you so much.' Nothing fancy, no context, she just said it. Made me tear up a little not gonna li
Got the email this morning that he made the travel baseball team he tried out for. He's been practicing every single day in the backyard since spring. This kid is determined, I'll
I know this is probably not a huge deal for a lot of you but I'm pumped. We've been working on it all summer and today she just took off down the driveway without asking for help.
We were just sitting on the porch eating ice cream and she randomly said 'dad you're the best dad ever.' I didn't do anything special, we weren't even doing anything that interesti
Picked him up from school and his teacher pulled me aside to tell me that my 9yo stood up for another kid who was getting picked on. Didn't get physical or anything, just told the
This kid worked so hard for 8 months. There were days he didn't want to go to class and I had to encourage him. Yesterday he tested and nailed it. When they called his name and he
Came home from work and she handed me this folded up paper from her classroom assignment. It was about her favorite person and she picked me. Talked about how I help her with homew