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We have a rather unique Christmas tradition in our family. Some people like to get those gingerbread house kits and decorate them. We like to decorate them and then turn them into a cookie catastrophe. We call them "gingerbread crime scenes" but they're really more along the lines of Shrek meets Apocalypse Now.

It's something we started doing when our oldest child was probably 10 years old so she wouldn't feel bad about accidentally wrecking her gingerbread house. It just became an annual tradition after that and we have a lot of fun doing it. They actually seem to get more creative every year.

This years episode is "Gummy Bears vs. Peanut Butter Perps" (the 'ginger bread men' are actually peanut butter cookies).

Hi Dads,

I made a post over in !fedigrow@lemm.ee about possibly consolidating the many dad groups down to just one (at least for now) to encourage activity.

The general consensus was that we focus discussion over at !fatherverse@midwest.social because, among some other reasons, it’s the only community that seems to have an active mod.

I hope you’ll join me in posting over there!

New trick for getting my picky kiddo to eat her veggies:

I put all the music on my phone on random and whenever she wants me to skip a song she doesn't like she has to eat some of her veggies first.

#parenting

@dadsplain

Wife's away, time to turn off the AC and get a nice cross breeze going!

@dadsplain

daddit used to have some great ideas for homemade crafts with the kids leading up to Mother's day. What are we making this year, dads?

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That's right.

#UConn #UconnHuskies #NCAABasketball #KidsArt

@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work

I was looking up when babies can safely start eating untoasted bread and one of the images led me to this website that sells... stuff? Are they selling me the question? Who knows.

Then if you scroll down to the related products, you can buy a basketball club for $30, down from $15!

I'm guessing this is some phishing website looking to steal credit cards. I also still haven't found an answer to my original question.

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Kiddo lost another tooth.

Our tooth fairy is a little bit extra and likes to bring shiny coins from around the world
in exchange for fresh teeth.

#ToothFairy #coins #numismatics #canada #parenting

@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work

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My five year old asked me what calceulus is.

The context is that I'm an engineer and she wanted to know what I learned in engineering school, so I said calculus. (In my case, I only made it to pre-calc in highschool.) I swear I'm not the type of parent to try and push this stuff on her. I said it's about understanding how things change and then I tried to illustrate it. I'm open to suggestions on how I could answer her better.

#calculus #engineering #parenting

@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work

I been smellin so good for the fellas at work

It's always in a joking manner... but not really? Just like "yeah you gotta pop em once or twice so they'll know". Idk shits weird

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There is no lever.

The trolley is controlled by a remote control in the hands of a maniacal five year old.

#Lego #TrolleyProblem #TisTheSeason

@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work

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Cut down a Christmas tree today.

I'm happy to report that what little I possess in the way of #shibari skills was sufficient for the tree to safely make the long ride home (on the highway).

#ChristmasTree #DadWagon #rope #TisTheSeason

@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work

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Look, a horsey!

This one is from a couple of years ago. We found out our daughter is allergic to hay that day.

#blackandwhite #horse

@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work

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Howdy Halloween!

My daughter insisted that I carve a cowboy hat into this pumpkin, so I tried. I think it came out alright.

#halloween #pumpkin #jackolantern

@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work

Maybe this post isn't entirely on-topic, but as the father of a five-year-old, this interview really got my blood boiling. This sort of stuff (and the fact that my government keeps supporting it) just hits harder since I became a dad.

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A painful case study on the Israeli apartheid regime.

I have young kids and I feel like I've pretty much become isolated from my friends. The ones that have kids live out of state. My best friends don't have kids so they usually come to me, but they also have their own lives so I don't want to bother them. And I can't really do my hobbies. I knew it would be hard with young kids, but I didn't realize it would be so lonely and without an outlet.

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Schneider Weiss Aventinus

#bottlecheck #beer

@beer@lemmy.ml

Preparing the next generation.

#startthemyoung #ddc #dancedancerevolution

@dadsplain@lemmy.ca

The show is inane, but the music slaps.

First of all, Carmen Carter absolutely kills the vocals on SuperKitties Theme and SuperKitty Call, both hard driving 70s-ish action theme vibes. Take the xylophone solos on SuperKitty Call and inject them into my veins. My Bath, My Bubbles and Me is a goddam bop. Always In My Heart is a tearjerker that would fit in just fine on your favorite boy band album. And even the rough ones (like Cheese) are only 60 seconds long, so they're over before they can get too annoying.

Am I right, or am I just going insane because this is LITERALLY THE ONLY MUSIC I'VE BEEN ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO FOR THE LAST MONTH?

Ripped my shorts at the playground.

Yep

#wardrobemalfunction

@dadsplain@lemmy.ca

TIL Melanie Zanetti isn't just a voice actress.

Hi Dads! Hoping to be joining your ranks later this year and my wife and I are working on the registry for the shower (and just in general working on a checklist). Care to share any hot tips, product recommendations, brands, or anything of the sort?

Alright Dad's, what's your favorite Bluey Episode? Mine is S03 E18 - "Rain".

It's the only episode to have basically no dialogue. When my daughter and I sit down and binge watch Bluey on Saturday mornings, I often start with that episode.