My little guy is gaining so many skills so fast. I’m for the first time really sympathetic to anti-work anarchists because I hate leaving, having a long week, and coming back to a kid who feels like they learned so much that I had to miss. I’m so proud but so sad how much I miss… and I don’t even work that many hours lol. I’m just at 40

Finally figured out how to get the kids off their dummies at bedtime. We had toys up on a shelf they could earn if they spent a night without their dummy, but it never really clicked. Then I let them hold the toy they wanted and they gladly went to sleep holding it. The rule is they can’t open it until the sun comes up.

Also had a bit of a difficult week with one of the kids at care. They’ve been getting upset and hitting other kids. Another parent has swimming around the same time and she thinks the kids still need a nap, which the centre isn’t enforcing at this age. Makes a lot of sense to me, sometimes the kids are miserably tired when they get home. Maybe if we say the kids need it for emotional regulation they might enforce it a bit more.

My youngest is turning 3 soon and I can’t believe it! He’s very different from his sister and a real character. He’s really starting to push boundaries. Probably going to sign him up for a some kind of sport activity. He’s good at throwing and kicking, and would rather be running then dancing.

Finally finished this book today after 8 months! So little time to read… Only about 238 pages. It’s very dense though so that slows things down some. I think I’m going to read something fun next as a cool down. Thinking about rereading Neuromancer.

My wife was explaining taxes to my 8yo the other day and when she said that a lot of it goes to funding wars and bombing children in other countries my kid said “I’ll tell you who I’d like to bomb” and it made me proud.

There’s truly no reason to, and i wont, post pictures of my kid(s) here but sometimes I take a picture and want to show everyone in the world how cute or awesome!