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Messing with 'em is pretty constant.
My two role models for fathering are Atticus Finch and Calvin's Dad!
Even my three year old is learning to roll her eyes and ignore me.
One of my favorites: Did you look outside under my truck?
Any lost item is, in my opinion, there. Or as far as I know, where they put their left tennis shoe has as much chance being there as anywhere...
I did feel a bit bad last week when a visiting five year old did go outside and search under my truck for her juice box..but when my kids found out where she was, they thought it was soooooo funny that anyone would actually believe their Dad on an issue like that...so we all had a laugh....
Kinda the base of it for me...finding ways to laugh with the young'ns!
My wife and I are pretty standard - with me playing the heavy and enforcing discipline. etc. So the sense of the absurd appeals to me with the kids...gives me an easy way to be lighthearted with them - and they back to me. Often turns a serious moment into a "let's go on from here" moment...but then again, cheap humor has always appealed to me....
And don't forget puns! My 10 year old is starting REALLY to get 'em! And now and then like 'em! And even do his own!
Won't it be nice to someday have Another adult in the household?
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