November 29, 20214 yr 51 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said: Like any good Texan, I sing my children to sleep with London Homesick Blues. It's about the perfect song to put an unruly child to sleep to. And I have plenty of unruly children to attest to it. It was Ernest Tubb's "Waltz Across Texas" at our house, but whatever works!
December 4, 20214 yr Popular Post We are entering the 2nd trimester today. Just found out we're having a boy and all our genetic testing was low risk. Yesterday was a good day.
December 4, 20214 yr 17 minutes ago, hookem2010 said: We are entering the 2nd trimester today. Just found out we're having a boy and all our genetic testing was low risk. Yesterday was a good day. Superb! That was such an awesome moment with each of our girls. Shit is about to get real!
December 24, 20214 yr Popular Post Well, I’m a dad now. 12/21 at 0122 hours in Austin, 7 lb 4 oz baby girl. Rainbow baby on the winter solstice. Even after a couple of days I still have to pinch myself but it’s amazing how well she fits into our lives.
December 24, 20214 yr God bless your rainbow baby, we have one ourself. That your's was born on the Solstice right after a Full Moon at good size and health...that's not nuthin'. That thing you're feeling right now...it changes, it morphs, it goes up, it goes down, it swamps you, it elevates you, it makes you better. But it never, ever...goes away. Edited December 24, 20214 yr by Lobo
December 24, 20214 yr 58 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said: Well, I’m a dad now. 12/21 at 0122 hours in Austin, 7 lb 4 oz baby girl. Rainbow baby on the winter solstice. Even after a couple of days I still have to pinch myself but it’s amazing how well she fits into our lives. Im about to be 41 and my son is about to be a year old and my wife and I still look at each other and say we cannot believe we are doing this.
December 24, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, ConferenceRoom said: Well, I’m a dad now. 12/21 at 0122 hours in Austin, 7 lb 4 oz baby girl. Rainbow baby on the winter solstice. Even after a couple of days I still have to pinch myself but it’s amazing how well she fits into our lives. Congrats. Baby girls are the greatest thing in the world. All the best to you and your family🤘❤️
December 24, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, ConferenceRoom said: 7 lb 4 oz baby girl. Just remember to wipe front to back. But mutter under your breath "wipe back to front" if somebody walks in on you changing her diaper for a good practical joke and/or if you like sleeping on the couch.
December 24, 20214 yr My son helped his best friends Boy Scout troop raise money last night. This is them taking a break. Merry Christmas.
December 24, 20214 yr Got both kids home and under our roof, from two different countries. It’s nice. Really nice.Because we’ve realized that we’ve entered the phase of our lives where, when our kids come here, it’s to visit - their homes are becoming elsewhere. It’s good - we’re liking the empty nest. But it’s also weird, and sometimes wistful.We like our adult kids, and we’re lucky in that regard. So, glad to have their company for the next coupla weeks.
December 24, 20214 yr 12 hours ago, ConferenceRoom said: Well, I’m a dad now. 12/21 at 0122 hours in Austin, 7 lb 4 oz baby girl. Rainbow baby on the winter solstice. Even after a couple of days I still have to pinch myself but it’s amazing how well she fits into our lives. i kinda hope we have a boy next round, just for the completeness of life experience, but man I love having a little girl. One tip I got from my sister that I was definitely screwing up the first 7 months - with the baby bjorn or ergo baby or whatever, tighten up the part that goes around your waist pretty good, it takes the weight off your upper back/shoulders. Merry Christmas surly dads Edited December 24, 20214 yr by Celery Man
December 24, 20214 yr Good luck to all the Santas staying up late tonight to put shit together for tomorrow morning. Our Santa has to put together a bike and a gaming chair.
December 24, 20214 yr 39 minutes ago, mdmost said: Good luck to all the Santas staying up late tonight to put shit together for tomorrow morning. Our Santa has to put together a bike and a gaming chair. Bike for me as well. This is after being up late af last night cleaning and wrapping. At least Xmas meal will be simple. Spaghetti and meatballs, big ass salad, garlic bread and chocolate cakeeeee
December 25, 20214 yr Christmas hits a little different when the kids don’t believe in Santa. This is the first one in 11 years or so I haven’t had to do it. To be honest, I’m more than a little sad. I was afraid last year would be the last, so I went a little more overboard for my son that I normally would have.
December 25, 20214 yr 14 hours ago, Goofyboy said: My son helped his best friends Boy Scout troop raise money last night. This is them taking a break. Merry Christmas. Lawsuit from the Girl Scouts incoming....5....4.....3
December 25, 20214 yr 10 hours ago, mdmost said: Good luck to all the Santas staying up late tonight to put shit together for tomorrow morning. Our Santa has to put together a bike and a gaming chair. I'm going to be unwrapping Our Generation stuff from Target (their American Girl knockoff) and that fucking plastic is a nightmare.
December 25, 20213 yr Santa is tired this morning and just praying he set the brakes right on this new bike as the stupid wire popped off when he was putting the front wheel early this morning.
December 25, 20213 yr 12 hours ago, Jkwellborn said: Christmas hits a little different when the kids don’t believe in Santa. This is the first one in 11 years or so I haven’t had to do it. To be honest, I’m more than a little sad. I was afraid last year would be the last, so I went a little more overboard for my son that I normally would have. The younger one is also 11 and still believes. Shocked she hasn’t had it ruined by classmates but she also knows to not let a good thing slip away. She was excited that Santa got her bike the right color she wanted. 11 hours ago, atomheartbevo said: I'm going to be unwrapping Our Generation stuff from Target (their American Girl knockoff) and that fucking plastic is a nightmare. I am very thankful we’re at least out of the toy phase. I still have nightmares of the Playmobil school I put together one year till 4 am in the freezing cold of our laundry room.
December 25, 20213 yr I got my 8 year old son the Quest VR thing. The look on his face was like Ralphie opening the red rider bb gun. It was awesome!
December 25, 20213 yr Baby has started saying “dadadadadada” today, which I am taking as both a Christmas gift and a complete victory over my wife
December 25, 20213 yr 4 hours ago, Jameslaw121 said: The look on his face was like Ralphie opening the red rider bb gun. You can get Red Ryder BB guns at Walmart for $30. Cheaper than the Quest VR as well. And a helluva lot more exciting. edit: I'm having a hard time deciding if the quality of the ones you can buy these days is better or worse than my dad's. My 9 year-old doesn't know the difference, or doesn't care, but the newer Red Ryders feel more...lightweight than my dad's from the 1950s, but the manufacturing is definitely better. I bet there's a YouTube video doing tear-downs of a 2020s vs 1950s Red Ryder or whatever. Edited December 25, 20213 yr by atomheartbevo
December 26, 20213 yr We have two red ryders at our lake house. The boy is a decent shot. The adults get drunk and shoot it. Good times.
December 31, 20213 yr I am very thankful we’re at least out of the toy phase. I still have nightmares of the Playmobil school I put together one year till 4 am in the freezing cold of our laundry room. Haha, Playmobil. Excellent choice!
January 1, 20223 yr On 12/25/2021 at 10:27 AM, mdmost said: I am very thankful we’re at least out of the toy phase. Calico Critters (Sylvanian Families outside of the US) became the go-to thing for my relatives buying for our youngest, because she has all the little Bluey toys. So once again, she's on a Calico Critter kick, which means all of these little accessories all over the floor. Most of these are smaller than your finger nail: Like beer glasses that blend into carpet: The picnic things on the blanket in the lower left, again, smaller than your fingernails.
January 2, 20223 yr 8 hours ago, Armybrat said: Makin’ me miss the old days.... 1973: Your grandson has a great looking family Brat!!
January 2, 20223 yr On 12/24/2021 at 7:19 AM, texanbychoice said: Merry XMas ya filthy animals! Shoe choice is appreciated!!
January 2, 20223 yr Told my 6 year old son to put up his game and get dressed. As he's walking away I hear "damn the man." I had a laugh. Wife didn't.
January 2, 20223 yr Second place only to the sewn up bag containing crinkly paper in the bang/buck toy championship is the fisher price ring stacking toy. However, I did not anticipate the amount of time I would spend looking for and stacking rings.
January 2, 20223 yr 29 minutes ago, Celery Man said: Second place only to the sewn up bag containing crinkly paper in the bang/buck toy championship is the fisher price ring stacking toy. However, I did not anticipate the amount of time I would spend looking for and stacking rings. I got to where I could just see the colors and knew the sequence.
January 2, 20223 yr The best part of those is getting really good at tossing the rings onto the post from a distance. Dad skillzzz
January 11, 20223 yr Got this in a text first thing this morning. Doesn't get me teary eyed, but it does hit in the feels. Raised our boys on the right goofy movies. Have been getting it since my oldest boy would start each semester about Junior year in HS, one year of prep school, 4 years of college, a couple years off for deployment in the Army; and finally the last 2 years of grad school in Georgia Tech. I LOLed this weekend when he informed me his future employer was already encouraging him to consider getting his MBA. I told him he's going to be in school forever. Keep posting that puppy!!! Edited January 11, 20223 yr by slorch
January 11, 20223 yr On 1/1/2022 at 6:51 PM, Armybrat said: Makin’ me miss the old days.... 1973: 3 boys? Guys in turtle necks do indeed seem go pack heat.
January 11, 20223 yr 3 boys? Guys in turtle necks do indeed seem go pack heat.That’s a weird way to say you like uncircumcised penis.
January 11, 20223 yr I’m here to preach that balance bikes do apparently work. My wife got one for my son when he was 2. He is 4.5 now, and Santa got him a Woom pedal bike (we jumped over the training wheels). In less than 5 minutes the kid was riding around the culdesac, and in an hour he could scoot, hop on, and take off without help. I was shocked and proud.
January 12, 20223 yr On 1/1/2022 at 6:51 PM, Armybrat said: Makin’ me miss the old days.... 1973: The milkman was blonde
January 14, 20223 yr So...Baby Shark not only became the most watched YouTube video a few months ago, it's now hit 10 billion views. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/entertainment/baby-shark-10-billion-views-youtube-cec/index.html
January 22, 20223 yr Popular Post Proud Surly Dad moment last night. My daughter’s basketball team played Anderson. She’s a sophomore and has moved back and forth between Varsity and JV depending on roster needs due to COVID, and last night she was on JV, which was good because there she starts and gets more playing time than on Varsity. More opportunity to improve so she’ll be even better next year when she’s on Varsity, I keep telling her. Because of COVID cases, McCallum starters played the entire game with no subs, while Anderson was constantly rotating players. McCallum was down 10 at one point, and I thought Anderson might pull away for a blowout. But McCallum fought back, and my daughter made the game-tying shot in the final minute to send it into overtime. Then, she hits the go-ahead shot with eight seconds left in overtime. And then, she blocks Anderson’s last-second shot – from a player that had been lighting it up for them all night – to seal the win. After the game, she walked all the way across the gym to give me a big Dad hug, and I could feel the joy and elation from her. Even better that it was against their rival. I’m still grinning the next day writing this. [And I stayed for the Varsity game, in which Anderson kicked the ever-living shit out of our girls, so even better that my daughter played the JV game.]
January 22, 20223 yr Just now, Hefeweizen said: User name does not check out. It hasn’t since 2006, when I moved north of the river. But I’ve kept it from Hornfans, to Shaggy, and now here.
January 23, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, Armybrat said: Go Scotties! I worked there for 20 years. Knights. Highland Park Elementary and Lamar Middle (where she also went) are the Scotties.
January 23, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, South Austin said: Knights. Highland Park Elementary and Lamar Middle (where she also went) are the Scotties. Sorry for the brain fart.
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