The joys of being a parent....

[Dadd]

We've never given our three-year-old gum, and this is just why.

Good story!

Scrooge.

My 3 year old girl is a typical female....she knows and loves gum too much!

My little girl has no idea what makeup is, she likes football, she likes to play with her semi trucks and dump trucks and generally acts the tomboy. She's cool.

I'm not knocking "girly" girls - I'm just saying I couldn't handle it if my girl was.

I've got three girly-girls, I didn't know what a tomboy was. The we had a boy. My wife and I wondered if having a boy would be different. It's pretty much night and day. That ornery little boy pretty much terrorizes his big sisters, and we can't help but laugh ourselves silly over it.

[jayday]

Haha...Too cute Cap...But I'm not sure I agree with the 5 second rule on a cat's tail

And I'd never heard the mayonaise taking out gum thing

[skibrett15]

supposedly peanut butter works as well. Something oily is the reason I'd have to guess.

[onnestabe]

supposedly peanut butter works as well. Something oily is the reason I'd have to guess.

I have heard of using ice, but I think this is just one more reason that boys are cooler than girls. No harm with a boy - just shave his head. Baldies aren't as acceptable if they are girls.

[Popcynical]

supposedly peanut butter works as well. Something oily is the reason I'd have to guess.

I have heard of using ice, but I think this is just one more reason that boys are cooler than girls. No harm with a boy - just shave his head. Baldies aren't as acceptable if they are girls.

Yeah, ice works, but not that well.. you gotta kinda pull it out after you get it real cold.

[mysticphysh]

LOL Gotta love them kids....I thought it was peanut butter that got gum out...



My 2-3 yr old story...

I was in SC visiting my half-sister because her son had died in a car wreck. After the funeral, she was having a ...thing at her house for family and friends to come visit and offer condoliences. Since we hadn't seen each other in a few years, my wife, daughter, mother, and brother stayed around to visit with her and my other 2 half-sisters.

She has these 3 huge pittbull, lab mixes...the kind of dogs most people would be scared of, but they were really sweet. As we talked, my daughter played with the dogs. They ran all over the house chasing a tennis ball. My daughter was rolling all over the floor with them, reaching into their snapping jaws to pull out the ball to throw again...and just generally rough housing with them. It got to the point where Anéla (my daughter) was becoming their leader and we could tell they were being submissive to her.

Anyways, as we were talking, things got quiet and we didn't realize the dogs and my daughter had disappeared. My brother gets up and walks down the hall to go to the restroom, but turns around and walks back into the living room. With a jerk of his thumb over his shoulder he deadpans..."You're daughter's drinking out of the toliet."

Everything went really quiet before my wife and I started busting out laughing. Anéla had followed the dogs in for a drink....but thank goodness she was only scooping the water with her hand instead of sticking her head in the toliet like the dogs. Needless to say, when we got back to the hotel, she got scrubed down in the tub and her teeth were scrubed....a couple times.

She's now about to turn 5 and we still call her "potty mouth" from time to time.

[knapplc]

Man, kids will do anything.


I don't have any good "my kid" stories. She's pretty much just a regular 3-year-old.


She is cute, though:

[Omaha Red Sox]

Funny story there Cap. My kid just swallows pennies, falls out of trees and hits his head on everything.

Kudos to your courageous wife for staying home and raising your children.

[The_Captain]

8-o

Man, kids will do anything.


I don't have any good "my kid" stories. She's pretty much just a regular 3-year-old.


She is cute, though:

Darling little girl knapplc! What a cutie....!

I'll have to find a picture of Meghan and post it in here.

[Omaha Red Sox]

8-o

Man, kids will do anything.


I don't have any good "my kid" stories. She's pretty much just a regular 3-year-old.


She is cute, though:

Man, she looks very much like you Knapp. Proud papa you must be.