Tomorrow, I'm going to be the parent of a teenager. Hard to believe I was allowed to be a parent at all, much less a parent of a young adult.
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Selfie of two people: a bearded man in his thirties, and a five year old girl. Both are smiling brightly.
My daughter turned three today.
She has said to me "No, I don't want ..." no less than half a dozen times today.
In the past month, she probably said it three times.
So, yes, she really turned three today.
Time for an amusing #parenting story.
This morning, I was putting some cash in my 12 year-old daughter’s backpack to pay for her lost school id card. As I was putting it in, I notice what looked like a gift card in the bottom of her bag.
I see on the front of it “$20” and “something something fundraising”, and on the back, a list of restaurants that you can use it at to get discounts.
Me: Emma, what is this? Her: I got it from the boys sports fundraiser. Me: You paid $20 for this? You don’t even like any of these restaurants listed here. Her: …
I didn’t have time to enquire further because she needed to catch the bus. But I was definitely wondering where she got the money, because last I’d heard, she certainly hadn’t saved up that much.
I find out later this morning that she got it from my mother-in-law.
So, it sounds like to me that she had a crush on a boy, and scammed her grandma out of $20 to impress him. 
Parenting makes total sense when you’re doing it but probably seems weird from the outside. My wife just hid a pair of my toddler's pants because "they were too much drama" and that explanation seemed totally reasonable to me.
https://twitter.com/kunkelcomedy/status/1612839747457634306 #parenting
I've been using this account as my primary for about a week now, and I'm think I'm settled on using it for the foreseeable future, so I guess it's time to do another #introduction post.
I'm a dad of four kids, and a web developer. I have a college degree in #Theater (or #Theatre) and had aspirations of being an actor. I kind of fell into web development as a career. It was a hobby back in high school, and I just needed to pay some bills after college, so I ended up doing this.
I always have aspirations to do other things, but for now, I'm pretty happy spending most of my time as a dad and husband.
Some day, I'd like to get back into #acting, or maybe do some #VoiceActing. I also enjoy #writing and will, from time to time, post some #MicroFiction, usually from somebody's #WritingPrompt.
I love #StarTrek, and usually watch at least one episode nearly every day. I like all #SciFi really, though, as well as #fantasy. I used to read a lot, but find I don't have as much time or mental capacity for it as I used to. I also enjoy watching #anime, and have really been enjoying the new episodes of #Bleach lately.
Feel free to follow me if you think we have similar interests, and I may follow you back, if I think likewise. 
#WebDev #PHP #BackEnd #Laravel #introductions #Parenting #DadLife 
"Take a picture of whatever is to the left of you right now."
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A children's bookcase in the shape of a dollhouse. Visible are several books be Dr. Seuss, including "Hop on Pop" and "The Sneetches", a few by Leslie Patricelli, such as "Mad, Mad, Mad", and "A is for Awesome", by Eva Chen, an alphabet book featuring inspiring women. Also visible on the shelves are three dolls: one of an alpaca, one of Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty, and one of Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
My kids are playing hide and seek together at the playground.
I don't have to worry about keeping an eye on them, though, because they're terrible at it.