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Celebrating Elizabeth’s 6th

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Elizabeth turned six years old on Saturday. One of the things she has been wanting to do for her birthday for the last couple months was for me to take her out to the Texas Roadhouse for lunch. Well, I decided to take her out for a special dad and daughter lunch. As some of you may be aware, a lot of these restaurants these days sing to you on your birthday. Well, we were sitting there minding our own business when a lady who was seated just a few tables from us appeared to have a 21st birthday.

Elizabeth, being the sharp little girl she is says, “Dad it is my birthday today too.” So I asked her if she wanted everybody to give her the “Texas yee-haw”.. and of course she nodded up and down with an obvious yes.

So I told her she had to tell the lady next time she came by to check on us. And sure enough when the waitress came she let her know it was her birthday and that she was now 6 years old. Oh boy… Well, she got to ride on the saddle while everybody in the joint gave her a big Texas yeee-haaaawww… :D

She loved it!!!

But the next day we spent over at her grammie and grampas house. Had a cake and opened gifts. As you can see in the photos the cake was chocolate and holding up her bear which was a big hit.

-sillydad

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I Need to Brush My Teeth Daddy

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Brush your teethWhat gave me the idea to write about this was reading a Tooth Brushing Hint over at Dadventure. Are you having trouble getting your kids to learn about brushing their teeth? My daughter came home from school one day with a new toothbrush, floss, and some toothpaste. Also in the little packet was a little plastic hour glass. What a cool idea. You tip it over and the sand falls through the contraption for 3 minutes. That is how long you need to brush your teeth for.

Well, let me tell ya, that hour glass was quite the hit in this family. All the kids lined right up to take turns flipping that hour glass.

My oldest daughter would wake up in the middle of the night to go brush her teeth. While she was away at school my younger ones would go into the bathroom and brush their teeth together. It wasn’t about the teeth though, it was about watching the sand fall for 3 minutes.

So if you are having trouble getting your kids to brush their teeth, try a 3 minute hour glass that is roughly 2 inches tall. Works like a charm!

-sillydad

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Yet Another Birthday Party Invitation

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

Birthday Party Invitation

By golly gee-wiz! Another birthday party invitation makes its way home. I just wished somebody warned me. Check out my previous blog on birthday parties to get the full scoup. Now I feel weird because Elizabeth’s birthday is coming right up and we are only keeping the party within the family. But, hey she seems to like the idea and having a large family helps weigh it out a little bit.

Who here likes to throw parties for their kid’s birthday? Do you still, as an adult, celebrate your own birthday?

-sillydad

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Mr Dinosaur Makes His Way to the Fridge

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

Dinosaur in FridgeI can always tell when Sam has been in the fridge. When I open the door to it there lay his toys. In a lot of cases he hears me coming and drops everything, slams the refrigerator door, and b-lines it to the living room. Other times he may actually think Mr. Dinosaur needs some food. Who really knows?

I always tell him to ask me first before pawing through all the food with his grubby hands, yet I am always finding his toys scattered about. Some days Spiderman could very well be resting up against a block of Monterey Jack cheese. Other days the Hulk has climbed half way up the jug of milk.

-sillydad

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Squeezing in Quality Time

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Father With SonEccentric Father, a new site added to my blogroll, hits on a key issue I always like to address, and that is quality time. He believes that quantity + quantity + quantity + quantity = quality time and in fact starts his article this way:

“Quality time is a myth started by parents who do not wish to spend as much time as they possibly can with their children.”

I do agree with him to a certain degree. I actually believe there are parents who wish they could spend more time with their kids and so through denial and justification they in fact turn the tide. It is all about quality time they say. I believe this to be true in a lot of cases BUT, I also believe that quantity time does not always lead to quality time.

An example would be the dad takes his son to the park for the entire day and lets him run all over the place while dad sits on his cell phone and talks to friends, clients, co-workers, or whoever.

So quantity does not always lead to quality time and to get quality time you need to spend as much time as you can with your child. Does that make sense to you?

-sillydad

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