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Jen, I tell ya

Developmentally, there is a time when kids begin to understand the differences between male and female. On some level, kids understand these differences early on, but on another level it apparently takes a while for the details to fill in. As a stay at home dad, my kids have gotten their fair share of...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 12-04-2008
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Filed under: Asher, Better off Dad [Edit Tags]
The Funniest Joke in the World

Or at least he thinks so. It must be the funniest joke in the world, because why else would he use it 4 or 500 times a day? Are you ready to hear it? Ok, here it goes: “No, you are!” Yes! Ha ha. Get’s me every time. This joke can be used in a variety of situations. For instance: “Asher...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 11-20-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Asher, Better off Dad, jokes [Edit Tags]
Matters of Size

There is a lot of focus in our society on size: SUVs, skyscrapers, stretch limos, houses. On some base level, I think that we all somewhat succumb to the bigger is better model of living, whether this is in portions at Applebees, the size of our bank account, or, if you’re in Jersey, the size of...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 11-13-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Asher, Better off Dad, Micah [Edit Tags]
The Love Child of Kristi Yamaguchi and Donald Duck

Because we’re good parents last night we took the kids to see Disney on Ice…. Well, because we’re good parents and because Wed tickets are only $10. We’re definitely not good enough parents to pay $20. We followed one of our family’s time honored rules and didn’t...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 10-30-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Audra, Asher, Better off Dad, field trip [Edit Tags]
The Power of a Pumpkin

It’s been a hard couple of weeks around the household here. As you may recall we have three teenagers living in our basement. They’re former students of mine from when I taught in Mississippi. They’re good kids, but did I mention that they are teenagers? The last week or so have not...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 10-29-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Audra, Asher, Better off Dad, Mississippi, Delta Squadron, Halloween [Edit Tags]
Potty Training for the Circus

As you may recall, we’ve had some setbacks trying to potty train our 3 year old Asher. He got emotionally scarred by one of those automatic flushing toilets at the mall, which, I am pretty sure, he thought was going to suck him into the Chesapeake, tuckus first. Since then he has been very reluctant...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 10-28-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Asher, potty training, Better off Dad [Edit Tags]
Excuse Me, Could You Stop Being A Terrible Parent Please

As an idiot male, I occasionally get stopped by elderly women to correct my parenting skills. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen. And apparently the “Hoboken Society of Nosy Old Ladies” was taking a bus trip to Sams Club yesterday. This was all partly my fault. It was after...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 10-21-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Asher, Better off Dad, Micah, little old ladies [Edit Tags]
A Good Joke is Hard to Find

We have a problem in our home. There is a humor deficit. It’s not an overall humor deficit. Believe me, there’s plenty to laugh about at around here. Rather we have an unequal amount of humor arising from my daughter and my son. Here’s the problem. Asher is funny. God bless him he’s...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 10-16-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Audra, Asher, Better off Dad, jokes [Edit Tags]
Christmas, Birthdays, Trips to the Grocery – You Know, Those Special Family Moments

Like most parents, it’s the little things that can make a normal day, extraordinary. For instance, if I ever get a chance to go to the grocery store alone, it feels like I’m a 16 year old getting the keys to Dad’s Mustang. I roll all the windows down in the minivan, I crank up the music...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 10-09-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Audra, Asher, Better off Dad, Micah, parenting, shopping [Edit Tags]
The King of No

Everyone talks about the terrible twos, but my experience has been that two wasn’t all that bad. It was the threes and early fours that got to me. Maybe kids are developing later, or maybe alliteration doesn’t work as well when you say “terrible threes,” but at least for the Zumwalt...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 10-03-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Asher, Better off Dad, parenting, no [Edit Tags]
I Oughta Notta Boughta Pinata

Ah, the Piñata. That staple of children’s birthday parties, Mexican fiestas and endless America’s Funniest Home Videos segments. How many times have you watched AFV and seen some Dad in a tank top holding a can of Miller Light win $10,000 because he got whacked in the family jewels...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 09-30-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Audra, Asher, Better off Dad, birthday, pinata [Edit Tags]
So What Do You Want to Do Today? ..... I Don't Know, Go Look at Monkeys?

Yesterday I asked my 3 year old son what he thought we should do today. We had just put his sister on the bus and had a few hours of freedom. He thought about it for a couple of seconds and said: “I don’t know, maybe we can go look at some monkeys or something. I like monkeys. They’re...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 09-25-2008
Filed under: Filed under: travel, Asher, Better off Dad, field trip, DC, zoo [Edit Tags]
Naughty on the Potty

My son has been having some difficulty with his potty training…. excuse me potty “teaching.” As any current parent knows, potty training is what you do with a dog. Potty teaching is what you do with a child. For modern parents, using the proper semantics is the most important part...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 09-02-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Asher, potty training, Better off Dad, poop [Edit Tags]
The Beach is Back

We went to the beach yesterday. A good friend of mine rented a house right on the beach in Ocean City and invited us to come out for the day. I immediately accepted for a number of reasons. One, because taking a tired, cranky, one year old to the beach, without a house nearby, simply means that you spend...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 08-22-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Vacations, Audra, photo, Asher, Better off Dad [Edit Tags]
Lindsay Lohan Would be Jealous

Yesterday I was getting everyone dressed and the kids started talking about freckles. My daughter got a little bit of sun on vacation and some adorable freckles appeared across her nose in a previously freckleless location. She’s quite proud. Combine this with her recent “Annie” obsession...

Posted to Better Off Dad by superdad on 08-01-2008
Filed under: Filed under: Audra, Asher, Better off Dad [Edit Tags]

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