Jim Gaffigan – 4 Kids
An evening pause Some good stand-up comedy to lighten the first half of the week.
Hat tip Tim Vogel, who emailed to say “One of our friends sent this to us because we are having a 4th ourselves.”
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Tim Vogel:
Hilarious! (and congrats on the forthcoming Child!)
-Only had 1 daughter & only have 1 g-daughter, myself. We tried consciously not to be those stereotypical helicopter-parents, but I really have no clue how it feels to have 2, 3, or 4 kids. We were “hyper-vigilant” for the first 2-3 years, but that gradually wore off.
Thanks, Wayne. We had our first 3 in California, and as Gaffigan mentioned, people start to look at you funny after 1 or 2, or they outright makes comments to you that that is just too many. We are back in the midwest now where people on average seem to appreciate it more.
Anyway, yes, it is easy to want to help the kids with everything and make sure no harm comes to them, but kids need adversity. We work hard to have them try most things themselves before we do help. And when they do fall down or hurt themselves, we give them a few moments to let them experience the situation on their own before helping. I will even ask them to do things that I know they can’t do just to get them to think a bit about how they might do it.
There is a good and funny series of commercials from one of the diaper companies that shows a mom after she has her first baby and then jumps forward to her after her second child. After the first child she makes anyone that wants to hold the baby sanitize themselves. After the second baby, while at an oil change shop, she basically thrusts her new baby into the greasy arms of a mechanic while she pays the bill. Its funny, slightly exagerrated, but basically true.
On the lighter side, for anyone that might appreciate this, our 4th one arrived today (10/11/16). A baby girl. All three kids are exited about their new sister. Everyone is healthy. All is well.
TimArth–
Good deal on the new baby daughter! (I have the same b-day.)
Thank you, Wayne. Happy belated birthday!
TimArth–
I like to think “it’s always October 11th,” somewhere in Space-Time geometry.
>Daughters are cool. Only had the one so I am biased, but no complaints.
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>Check out the US Mint Silver Proof-Set for 2016. 13 coins total, & the dime, quarter, and half are 90% silver.