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Kids, Thoughts

11 Things That Make Kids Awesome!

Posted on by suburbanfatherhood

Over the past five years, here are some things I have discovered are AWESOME about having kids!

  1. The sense of wonder with which they experience the world.
  2. The look of surprise when you get an Amazon box in the mail.
  3. How they turn the empty Amazon box (that only had household goods in it) into a boat, then a car, then an artist’s studio.
  4. How everything for my son becomes a weapon so he can fight off the bad guys.
  5. How everything for my daughter becomes sweet and gentle.
  6. Rocking while reading books as they fall asleep.
  7. When they try to be helpful (and actually are!).
  8. How they can go from fighting to friends so quickly.
  9. The things they learn and figure out on a daily basis.
  10. Their capacity for forgiveness.
  11. And finally, the way they yell for joy when you get home, like a pair of hyper active puppies.
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Kids, memories, Thoughts

10 Things I No Longer Think are Cool

Posted on by suburbanfatherhood

Growing up was a lot of fun. When you are younger you could do so many cool things, run across the water (it seemed like I could at least), and you always swore you would never turn into your parents. Well, I’m here today to chronicle 10 things that I no longer think are “cool”. And now I get to explain to a child why the same things I used to think are cool are in fact, decidedly uncool.

  1. Waking up Dad with a wet washcloth.
  2. Jumping on Dad while he is lying down.
  3. Yelling loudly in the back of the car for no reason.
  4. Hitting myself in the face.
  5. Lying really still and pretending not to hear people talking to me.
  6. Throwing things near expensive electronics.
  7. Asking to read the same book over, and over, and over, and over, and over again.
  8. Grandparents who load up their grand kids on sugar before sending them home.
  9. Singing the same song over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and OVER again.
  10. Asking to tell someone a secret… then yelling in their ear.

To my parents -> I’m sorry! (Although part of me suspects they are putting the kids up to this.)

Cheers,

-SF

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