Something I do for fun.
Today my mom bought the kids some treats. For the girls she got some new clothes and for Jack she bought a Lego set. Louisa felt like a million bucks in her clothes. For possibly the first time ever, she has shorts that didn’t used to be leggings and she is LOVING IT. They’re even …
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My mom arrived today from Michigan and the kids are so excited. She got here earlier in the day than we were expecting, which made the surprise even greater. We had been telling the kids they probably wouldn’t see her until Friday morning, but then around 1:30 this afternoon I heard the kids yelling to …
This evening when I came up from work (from the basement), the entire family was across the street at Mr. Mike and Ms. Abby’s house, sitting in their driveway while Mike worked in the garden. Abby was letting our kids get her cars filthy as they were trying to help “clean” them with a pail …
Phew. Being a Dad is no joke and some days are just much harder than others. This evening was one of those harder times, and I’ve had a couple others like that recently, too. Sometimes one of the kids will do something will send me spiraling and I’ll have a hard time getting back in …
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