Young!

My 4 yr. old daughter said I was still 20! This is a happy day for mom!

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Pizza

The other night we had some pizza. We put the pizza out and a turned away for a few seconds. By the time we looked back S, almost 3, had decided that she would cut the pizza. She made some interesting pizza shapes.

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The Barbie

You know you're a mom when you analyze the Barbie doll a little too closely

Here is what I noticed today while playing with 'S' that Barbie's upper eyeliner is black and lower eye liner is brown. What is that about?

Also, while playing with Barbie I noticed she has the popping knee joints. When I was a kid it was just something fun so Barbie can sit, but now that I am a little older it reminds me of either athletic knees or old arthritic knee joints. How over time one's view can change!

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Cards Don't Talk!

I gave our 4 yr. old a used Wendy's gift card. She looks it over and asks what the numbers are for on the card. I told her that every card comes with numbers. She turns to me and says, 'Mom, cards can't have numbers they don't talk!' Had to clarify the difference between phone numbers and card numbers. Don't think I should have to do this at 4 years of age! They are growing up way to quickly these days.

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How to raise a Trekkie

Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."

"Does Mom know I'm watching this?"

"That's a big ship"

"I want one"

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Watering

This is how our soon-to-be 3 year old 'S' asks for water during a meal:

"Can you water me?"

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"Keep it down"

The other day my 4 year old 'E' was coloring at the kitchen table. I was in the adjacent room listening to iTunes music. She says to me: "Dad, would you keep it down, I NEED to focus."

I guess coloring can produce a lot of stress, staying inside the lines and all.

dadFAIL

(after we scanned it, I showed her it was on the computer and she asked: is it still on the coloring book?")

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Drug Test

Well, I just found out my 7 year old has not been influenced by the drug culture, yet. I discovered this when she was painting her nails and I was sitting at end of the table near her. I offer this test to you to determine if your children are in danger of taking drugs.

Me: "L, your nail polish is making me high."

L: "What do you mean high?"

dadWIN

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1st Steps

My baby took her first step this morning! With her 1 year birthday approaching, this year seems to have flown by us so quickly.

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Like a Babysitter

Yesterday, my wife had to go out for a doctors appointment. That means dad gets some time along watching the girls. AJ has a pretty strict morning routine, especially for the baby. So before she left, I got the pop quiz:

A: "What time does M go down for a nap?"

T: "I know, I know, 10 am."

A: "And what time does she get up?"

T: "I know, 11 am--but I can't let her over sleep."

T: "Are you asking me because last time I forgot to get her up and get the kids lunch by 11:30am"

A: "Yes"

At least when we get a babysitter, they get a written note... all I get is a pop quiz because last time I didn't stick to the schedule.

husbandFAIL

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