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Taking the kids to the Reds game tonight for "Star Wars night".

This will be my daughter's first game. We are planning on staying afterwards for fireworks. I have a feeling it is going to be a long night keeping her entertained.
get there for the end of the 6th inning.

I don't think I could even do a whole baseball game any more- let alone hang out longer for fireworks (fireworks sound better to me than the game). but damn- those first moments walking into the stadium and seeing the green field, crisp uniforms- hearing the sounds of game, hot-dogs and beer always taste better (even though I know outside of the stadium they'd taste like dog-food) too... :wub: but then by the 2nd inning, I'm done.

eta: dammit- I started typing all of this being so excited for your kid, and then I remembered how boring baseball is. still excited for you and the kid to share this first moment though...
Hate you
:wub:

 
-fish- said:
Officer Pete Malloy said:
Aaron Rudnicki said:
good parenting, GM.
:goodposting:

Maybe it's because I'm getting old(er) but I'm getting really tired of so many kids missing so many days of school for bull#### reasons.
Pulling my kid out of school for two days next week to go to California Adventure before attending a weekend wedding.

But she goes to private school, so I can do whatever the hell I want.
A couple days doesn't seem excessive to me.

My ex-wife's best friend pulls all three of her kids out of school for almost two full weeks to go to Hawaii as a family every May. School gets out in a little over a month and Spring break is in April. W-T-F-?
Much better rates and easier to find accommodations in May. Regardless, that's a LOT of school to miss for a beach trip.

 
I see what's happening here:

Get your ticket to STAR WARS Night and a limited-edition R2-D2 Reds bobble through this special offer! Package includes a View Level ticket and the R2-D2 bobble for just $25. Only a limited number of packages are available, so get yours before they sell out!
 
-fish- said:
Officer Pete Malloy said:
Aaron Rudnicki said:
good parenting, GM.
:goodposting:

Maybe it's because I'm getting old(er) but I'm getting really tired of so many kids missing so many days of school for bull#### reasons.
Pulling my kid out of school for two days next week to go to California Adventure before attending a weekend wedding.

But she goes to private school, so I can do whatever the hell I want.
A couple days doesn't seem excessive to me.

My ex-wife's best friend pulls all three of her kids out of school for almost two full weeks to go to Hawaii as a family every May. School gets out in a little over a month and Spring break is in April. W-T-F-?
Much better rates and easier to find accommodations in May. Regardless, that's a LOT of school to miss for a beach trip.
Affirmative on both points.

When a couple of them were in pre-school and one was in first grade, I could totally understand it. But now the oldest is in 5th grade.

 
I love going to baseball games. :shrug:
My oldest son plays 50 games a year and my younger son plays a regular LL schedule. That is more than enough baseball for me.

And yeah, I recognize a MLB game isn't really comparable to youth baseball, but it is still...baseball.

 
-fish- said:
Officer Pete Malloy said:
-fish- said:
Officer Pete Malloy said:
-fish- said:
Officer Pete Malloy said:
Aaron Rudnicki said:
good parenting, GM.
:goodposting:

Maybe it's because I'm getting old(er) but I'm getting really tired of so many kids missing so many days of school for bull#### reasons.
Pulling my kid out of school for two days next week to go to California Adventure before attending a weekend wedding.

But she goes to private school, so I can do whatever the hell I want.
Wonderful

(what day are you going to be at California Adventure?)
5/22
What a coinkidink.
I'm looking for the guy in a dumb t-shirt that matches a couple hundred kids?
Yeah, but we'll be at Disneyland
we were at disney/california adventure maybe 3 years ago and roverkid chickened out and didn't go on tower of terror. she's been begging to go back ever since just to go on that ride.

 
I see what's happening here:

Get your ticket to STAR WARS Night and a limited-edition R2-D2 Reds bobble through this special offer! Package includes a View Level ticket and the R2-D2 bobble for just $25. Only a limited number of packages are available, so get yours before they sell out!
:lmao: Passed on that. Seats for that promotion were horrible.

 
gm, i'm curious, how old is kellen?

my daughter and i got caught in a sudden rain fall on our walk home from school. it was glorious. we laughed the whole time, got soaking wet, stomped in puddles, the whole bit. it's cool being a dad
He's 12. Pretty serious kid, brings his novels with him everywhere he goes, saves up money to buy things he wants like a laptop. Likes to tinker things - take them apart, reassemble them. Decent soccer player and that's really the only sport he enjoys playing. He watches almost none of them. Thinks football is populated by cavemen, though he won our first family fantasy football league this past year despite knowing maybe 1-2 players. Into his music. Set up some sort of server for his buddies to play Minecraft and they all view him as an IT god. When we need a new TV or appliance, we have him research the best deal, price and reviews and then buy it. He thrives on that stuff. Loves planning trips that involved air travel and looking for deals on those. He's not like me at all.

His 10 year old brother is my clone. Good student, but not an over achiever. Was asked to take the tests for TAG, but was politely informed 'not quite there'. Watches ESPN in the morning before school, watches most of the games with me, plays every sport we let him play and then backyard sports of those we don't. Has more friends than the rest of our family combined, gets along with everybody but is a fierce competitor when it comes to sports. He plays on my U12 team and doesn't shy away from contact from kids much bigger. Very thoughtful, well mannered, funny, great with his little sister.

Outside of looking a like, the two of them could not be more different than they are.

 
General Malaise said:
He starts school at 9am
What's this bull####?
Oh, it's ridiculous. Add to it all the frigging days they get off up here and I'm starting to understand Oregon's education ranking and graduation rates. His brother was pretty livid when he found that out this year until I told him he would be getting similar treatment the next 3 years once he starts 6th grade. Not much a deep thinker, this Cooper. Pretty sure he IS my child.
What time does he get out?
9am to 4pm. His brother in 5th goes from 8:20am to 3:05pm.
Ahhh...here it is 8:14-3:10

I've seen a lot of studies say that the later start for teenagers is better.

 
Sorry YSR sis.

I have a cousin who can't have kids so they went the adoption route. Got paired with a girl just out of high school I think, baby was born and everyone was happy. Two months later they get a call from the girl "Hey, turns out I am pregnant again, do you want to have another kid?" Cousin decided it would be nice to have another and have them be actual siblings so they went ahead and adopted #2. Two months after that girl called again, "Hey seems I just don't understand how this whole pregnancy thing works and it happened again, want a third kid?" Cousin said no. How much money do you get for having a kid and giving it up for adoption?
They had budgeted anywhere from $25k-$35k for the adoption. The birth mother has NO money, was living in her sister's house which was recently condemned, has already given up at least 2 kids to be raised by family members because she couldn't afford to raise them. So my sister and her husband were going to be on the hook for supplying her with an apartment, groceries, doctors' bills, etc. until September 17th (the fake twins' birth date). On top of that, I think the birth mom gets ~$7-8k cash upon delivery.

One particularly touching thing that happened yesterday was the email that the three siblings (me, brother and sister) got from my dad last night. We, as a rule, disregard any email we get from him after 5:30, which is Early Times time. This one was entitled "Some good news"

Which we all need. I went to Clemson today to discuss my parking. I got a better space for next year. Same lot, one aisle closer, and on the end.
So all is better now!
Good god, that's a lot of money. Hell, for half that, they can have one of mine. God good.

 
I see what's happening here:

Get your ticket to STAR WARS Night and a limited-edition R2-D2 Reds bobble through this special offer! Package includes a View Level ticket and the R2-D2 bobble for just $25. Only a limited number of packages are available, so get yours before they sell out!
:lmao: Passed on that. Seats for that promotion were horrible.
Doesn't mean you won't be loitering around Gapper's Alley around the end of the third inning looking for extras, right?

 
I see what's happening here:

Get your ticket to STAR WARS Night and a limited-edition R2-D2 Reds bobble through this special offer! Package includes a View Level ticket and the R2-D2 bobble for just $25. Only a limited number of packages are available, so get yours before they sell out!
:lmao: Passed on that. Seats for that promotion were horrible.
Doesn't mean you won't be loitering around Gapper's Alley around the end of the third inning looking for extras, right?
:unsure:

 
I see what's happening here:

Get your ticket to STAR WARS Night and a limited-edition R2-D2 Reds bobble through this special offer! Package includes a View Level ticket and the R2-D2 bobble for just $25. Only a limited number of packages are available, so get yours before they sell out!
:lmao: Passed on that. Seats for that promotion were horrible.
Doesn't mean you won't be loitering around Gapper's Alley around the end of the third inning looking for extras, right?
:unsure:
Use your daughter as a prop!

 
I see what's happening here:

Get your ticket to STAR WARS Night and a limited-edition R2-D2 Reds bobble through this special offer! Package includes a View Level ticket and the R2-D2 bobble for just $25. Only a limited number of packages are available, so get yours before they sell out!
:lmao: Passed on that. Seats for that promotion were horrible.
Doesn't mean you won't be loitering around Gapper's Alley around the end of the third inning looking for extras, right?
:unsure:
Use your daughter as a prop!
Slap a couple of leg braces on her, imo.

 
Taking the kids to the Reds game tonight for "Star Wars night".

This will be my daughter's first game. We are planning on staying afterwards for fireworks. I have a feeling it is going to be a long night keeping her entertained.
get there for the end of the 6th inning.

I don't think I could even do a whole baseball game any more- let alone hang out longer for fireworks (fireworks sound better to me than the game). but damn- those first moments walking into the stadium and seeing the green field, crisp uniforms- hearing the sounds of game, hot-dogs and beer always taste better (even though I know outside of the stadium they'd taste like dog-food) too... :wub: but then by the 2nd inning, I'm done.

eta: dammit- I started typing all of this being so excited for your kid, and then I remembered how boring baseball is. still excited for you and the kid to share this first moment though...
You really are the worst.

 
I see what's happening here:

Get your ticket to STAR WARS Night and a limited-edition R2-D2 Reds bobble through this special offer! Package includes a View Level ticket and the R2-D2 bobble for just $25. Only a limited number of packages are available, so get yours before they sell out!
Earlier this year, on May the 4th, the Twins had Star Wars night. First 20k fans or whatever got a Hughes the Force bobblehead.

 
gm, i'm curious, how old is kellen?

my daughter and i got caught in a sudden rain fall on our walk home from school. it was glorious. we laughed the whole time, got soaking wet, stomped in puddles, the whole bit. it's cool being a dad
He's 12. Pretty serious kid, brings his novels with him everywhere he goes, saves up money to buy things he wants like a laptop. Likes to tinker things - take them apart, reassemble them. Decent soccer player and that's really the only sport he enjoys playing. He watches almost none of them. Thinks football is populated by cavemen, though he won our first family fantasy football league this past year despite knowing maybe 1-2 players. Into his music. Set up some sort of server for his buddies to play Minecraft and they all view him as an IT god. When we need a new TV or appliance, we have him research the best deal, price and reviews and then buy it. He thrives on that stuff. Loves planning trips that involved air travel and looking for deals on those. He's not like me at all.

His 10 year old brother is my clone. Good student, but not an over achiever. Was asked to take the tests for TAG, but was politely informed 'not quite there'. Watches ESPN in the morning before school, watches most of the games with me, plays every sport we let him play and then backyard sports of those we don't. Has more friends than the rest of our family combined, gets along with everybody but is a fierce competitor when it comes to sports. He plays on my U12 team and doesn't shy away from contact from kids much bigger. Very thoughtful, well mannered, funny, great with his little sister.

Outside of looking a like, the two of them could not be more different than they are.
So, 12? ;) they sound like great kids. I was just curious as to how old he was in regards to staying home alone all day. But loved the insight.
 
Taking the kids to the Reds game tonight for "Star Wars night".

This will be my daughter's first game. We are planning on staying afterwards for fireworks. I have a feeling it is going to be a long night keeping her entertained.
get there for the end of the 6th inning.

I don't think I could even do a whole baseball game any more- let alone hang out longer for fireworks (fireworks sound better to me than the game). but damn- those first moments walking into the stadium and seeing the green field, crisp uniforms- hearing the sounds of game, hot-dogs and beer always taste better (even though I know outside of the stadium they'd taste like dog-food) too... :wub: but then by the 2nd inning, I'm done.

eta: dammit- I started typing all of this being so excited for your kid, and then I remembered how boring baseball is. still excited for you and the kid to share this first moment though...
You really are the worst.
my face is the worst.

 
I don't know why but I find this commercial extremely funny and slightly arousing

http://youtu.be/L0gIq9fDSEI
Why are they the only anthropomorphized characters at the party?
excellent. thanks.

can you do it one more time, but this time use a word other than anthropomorphized.
You're coming off pretty needy here. Just sayin.
:goodposting: I wrote that post like 8 times, and every time it came out worse than the previous one. I just gave up trying to find a way to say that teacher-man got a word wrong.

 

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