tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33955056291864632522024-03-05T01:40:53.409-05:00Daddy Day CareAnyone can be a father but it takes a special person to be a Dad.DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-78608340244557453292012-05-19T01:32:00.001-04:002012-05-19T01:33:16.792-04:00A True Yankees Fan.On Mother's day morning.<br />
MommyO: "Remember boys, what's going to be Mommy's greatest gift today?"<br />
The boys in unison: "Good behavior Mommy!!"<br />
John: "Right! And Pettitte pitching for the Yankees!!!"DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-58811456749065955012012-05-12T14:07:00.001-04:002012-05-12T14:08:39.179-04:00Personalized Travel MugWhen Grace and I went to the dollar store to get the supplies for the Flip-flop wreath, I also picked up a travel mug. I thought I would have the kids decorate it as a gift for Mother's day. <br />
I gave them some colored Sharpies and told them to write something nice for MommyO and here is the personalized mug:<br />
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DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-5336357946301833932012-04-18T12:56:00.000-04:002012-04-18T12:56:10.571-04:00Flip Flop Summer Wreath.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grace and I went on our almost weekly trip to the dollar store this morning in the hopes of finding some supplies to make a Mother's day craft. Instead we came back with four pairs of flip flops, a straw hat and some decorative sea shells, ready to make an original summer wreath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Let the glue dry and seal it with a generous coat of outdoor modpodge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And as you can guess:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">He got a little carried away:</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Yesterday, as I was halfway through my run feeling lazy and ready to call it a day, I couldn't help but thinking about my little guy and how he kept on going until he made it. So I kept on going and made it to the end of my workout.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Thanks fo the inspiration Matthew.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-25402762511603037452012-04-08T00:19:00.001-04:002012-04-08T08:50:48.970-04:00Easter Peep Show.Check out these awesome Easter cupcakes made by MommyO.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Not the right color, cord too thick, cord too thin... Now that I think I finally got it right, here it is.</span><br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the cord I used just over 3 feet of sky blue 2.25mm knotting cord.</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tied a heart shape glass pendant with a prosperity knot. I then threaded an antique looking bead on each side of the knot and tied a double coin knot. I repeated the last step with another bead and another double coin knot. I used some spiral cord ends and a lobster-claw catch to close the necklace and voila:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWenJ4403ExlUmwX1twW_dvpqjrcyY9VvQiw5cAhe3rbJlrusQrf_o-cGqxCxrOTyvbLAnfV0kG2xr83VNiVTTZ6NpH9Re5ykZKDVl0utthMmjM-8RLEK6PJsQY4je1l3P-b_eaGk5c50/s1600/056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWenJ4403ExlUmwX1twW_dvpqjrcyY9VvQiw5cAhe3rbJlrusQrf_o-cGqxCxrOTyvbLAnfV0kG2xr83VNiVTTZ6NpH9Re5ykZKDVl0utthMmjM-8RLEK6PJsQY4je1l3P-b_eaGk5c50/s200/056.JPG" width="149" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the box I used an old cardboard box that was in terrible shape but with a little creativity and a lot of Mod Podge you can work wonders.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3csUzi89utfOIPeXUE0Bw6mKR1DTl6LO9_O0uveugkC9Y5SkGSFBH_jCGUUJZCyaX7gssqnonSoLu4H8XKieGytcSerD6-xWu9YdWvnRzIhpjf_-Rr6EF_vE_D4WDJP7APW8twPv1EuQ/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3csUzi89utfOIPeXUE0Bw6mKR1DTl6LO9_O0uveugkC9Y5SkGSFBH_jCGUUJZCyaX7gssqnonSoLu4H8XKieGytcSerD6-xWu9YdWvnRzIhpjf_-Rr6EF_vE_D4WDJP7APW8twPv1EuQ/s200/060.JPG" width="149" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes It's ok to post it now. MommyO rarely reads my blog and thanks to the Giants winning the Superbowl, she will be getting something a lot nicer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-83556588421502423852012-01-11T14:32:00.000-05:002012-01-11T14:32:43.015-05:00Heart Hand Prints T-Shirt.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a project that I did with the kids last year for Valentine's day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I bought a pink T-shirt and some red fabric paint.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I had each child dip their hands in the paint and make a heart on the shirt with their hand prints.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a very easy, inexpensive and thoughtful Valentine's day present.</span></div>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-42732507032371550822012-01-02T17:01:00.001-05:002012-01-02T22:54:27.739-05:00Holidays Post Partum.We took our tree down this morning, our living room is back to its normal mess, the Christmas decorations are back in the shed until next year. So now what? The last week of the year is the most anticipated and the most hyped up time. Since the day after Thanksgiving we have been getting ready for it. Decorating, shopping, planning, making sure we didn't forget anything, the lights, the ornaments, the stockings.<br />
Planning the Christmas holiday is very much like getting ready for a newborn. Mommy does most of the work, the shopping, picking the cards and sending them, wrapping the presents... Would be nice for Santa to help a little, the guy gets all the credit. <br />
On Christmas morning, the kids get into labor tearing up the wrapping paper, screaming, shouting, getting so excited. What is it? What did I get? A truck? A doll?<br />
We then celebrate in church, kind of like taking our newborn to get christened. After a whole week of celebration (eating chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate) we welcome a new year and just like that it's all over. Our holiday hormones will level off, our blood sugar will go down, holiday post Partum depression will start settling in by tomorrow morning. We could just drown ourselves in chocolate truffles (we have about 10 pounds left over) but we decided to be healthy. What's wrong with us? <br />
I think that's one reason we make New Year's resolutions. It gives us something to look forward to after the holidays. It helps us cope better with the "Holiday crash". So why make resolutions that are going to make us more depressed. Forget about dropping the extra pounds, we're not going to waste some perfectly good chocolate. Let's all focus on being better people, better friends, husbands, parents, neighbors and let's make this world a better place.DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-22877466157202325682012-01-01T18:07:00.002-05:002012-01-02T22:50:04.027-05:00New Year's Resolutions.For most a new year means new resolutions. Some very popular resolutions being losing weight, quitting smoking, quitting drinking, getting out of debt, volunteering...<br />
I don't smoke and rarely drink and even though I could afford to lose 15 to 25 pounds (and will lose them) I don't want to make that my new Year's resolution. Spending more time with my family would be a good one but it would mean starting a new career and as much as I would love to, it's not very realistic and most resolutions fail for being unrealistic.<br />
Why are we making new Year's resolutions anyway? To better ourselves, our lives, our family lives...<br />
So as I am sitting here taking a few minutes before going to work, looking for a good resolution, I am reflecting on this past year.<br />
Back in 2009, I wrote a post titled <a href="http://www.daddyohome.blogspot.com/2009/10/life-happens.html">"life happens"</a> about how our lives changed after a few years of marriage and three (fantastic) children. Letting life happen like that has not necessarily been a good thing and it has brought more downs than ups to last year. So as my New Year's resolution I will not let life happen. I will make sure that 2012 brings us more ups than downs.<br />
Happy New Year!!! Cheers!!!DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-15413757165500932512011-12-17T16:32:00.000-05:002011-12-17T16:32:32.797-05:00Read it, share it, tweet it, follow it...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you ever received one of those annoying chain emails? No matter how much you want to delete them, you still feel compeled to read them in their entirety:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All jokes aside if you like "DaddyDayCare", share it, tweet it, follow it...</span>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-86100848773328505602011-12-14T08:47:00.000-05:002011-12-14T08:47:50.007-05:00John's Joke Of The Day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwAHTUXibwOTjX32LlCfcr2QbIFXk1PRGrMaViBz4KKa0o0N4dzyXXGzEqO-sZtBu5z3WyMiKqAi_b9VHC71w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-What is a crate full of ducks?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">-A box of quackers!</span></div>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-2965166827803802092011-12-13T14:01:00.002-05:002011-12-13T14:24:14.535-05:00Paracord Stocking Stuffers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC71DdiODzLSKplVH2b8LPnA7nbwV95iW5NpUCKJbeQdLAFOpVyZwFW0ZrDD0-Zm0gTwGYijcmExYazRzcLX9F9sBl1hIwucovlXyObYdDYMbhopX8ib3jeBOXXUKDqnXKaNyodFmMdEo/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC71DdiODzLSKplVH2b8LPnA7nbwV95iW5NpUCKJbeQdLAFOpVyZwFW0ZrDD0-Zm0gTwGYijcmExYazRzcLX9F9sBl1hIwucovlXyObYdDYMbhopX8ib3jeBOXXUKDqnXKaNyodFmMdEo/s200/003.JPG" width="149" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since we are big Jets fans, as you can see above, I figured I would take a few minutes this afternoon to make a couple of green and white survival* (friendship*) bracelets.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For one bracelet, I used about 5 feet of each color paracord so about 10 feet altogether. I also used a 3/8inch side release buckle to make it easy for them to put on and take off.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I hope they will wear them proudly when the Jets make it to the superbowl. Although, by then I might have to make some bigger ones, the kids will be all grown up!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-89613080650793098402011-12-08T11:02:00.000-05:002011-12-08T11:02:23.394-05:00The Things They Say...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me, this morning: "Guys, I cleaned up and organized your playroom, so please try to keep it this way until Christmas. Otherwise Santa won't know where to leave the presents if it's a mess."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Matthew: "Santa doesn't leave the presents in the playrom, he leaves them under the tree. Besides, last year it was messy and he left the presents anyway!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Me: Sigh...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yesterday, listening to WFAN:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Matthew: "Daddy, I'll never play for the Mets!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Me: "What if they're the only team who wants you?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Matthew: "I'll play for the Yankkes and I'll have a no trade clause."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">He's not 7 years old yet and he knows about a no trade clause!!</span>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-5884190686201274682011-12-02T14:54:00.011-05:002011-12-02T15:03:57.227-05:00It's ok to say...I understand the need to be politically correct and that a lot of our vocabulary has changed and evolved. One is not blind, but is visually impaired, one is not mute but has a speech impediment ...<br />
But aren't we pushing it a little too far sometimes? I remember a few years ago during Christmas time, a couple was leaving the restaurant I was managing, and as they exited I wished them a Merry Christmas. The hostess at the time reminded me that I couldn't say that and that being politically correct I should have wished them happy holidays. Of course I disagreed then and still disagree now. Why should people get offended because they celebrate a different holiday. If you want to wish a Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanza, Happy Hanukkah, Happy "whateveryouarecelebrating", go ahead and proudly do it. <br />
After all, don't we teach our kids to repect and embrace our differences.<br />
How about teaching by example.DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-21608110708106344452011-11-28T13:25:00.000-05:002011-11-28T13:25:09.764-05:00Awesome Log Cabin.This is a project that my friend Jen made for her daughter's school.<br />
She turned a cardboard box into an amazing log cabin.<br />
The paint job is fantastic and the house is finished with window treatments and Sinead's art work decorates the walls.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Over the years, the kids have gone to to see him play many times and when it comes to chidren entertainers, few have the patience that he has and last night at the New City library was no exception.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">He always gets the kids involved in his concerts and John had a blast showing off his voice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. Kurt treated the boys to an autograph session.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So don't forget to check out his website:<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.kurtgallagher.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.kurtgallagher.com/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and take the kids to see him, he rocks!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-79607816922307223872011-11-16T14:13:00.000-05:002011-11-16T14:13:54.400-05:00Tying the knot.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been wanting to experiment with decorative knots for quite a while but never got to it so as I had a few minutes to myself this afternoon, I dug into my craft box, came up with some nylon rope and started practicing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here is what I came up with.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">My first lanyard:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A funky looking thing that I might use as a keychain. I made it to practice a monkey fist knot:</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're ready to catch the bug, the internet is full of ressources. Have fun and be carefull it can be quite addictive.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Next stop Etsy!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-85979749550123196302011-11-11T23:59:00.000-05:002011-11-11T23:59:53.334-05:00The scariest job.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No matter how dangerous your job is or how much of a thrill seeker you are; no task, no job, nothing is scarier than raising children. Before they even take their first breath we worry about our kids. A million things could go wrong during the pregnancy. The birth itself is a frightening ordeal. And from the moment we welcome our little cherubs to this crazy world we can't stop worrying. The first few weeks of a new born can be nerve wrecking, especially with the first one. We get home from the hospital with our tiny bundle of joy after getting a few minutes crash course on how to handle him. Quite frankly, a kid getting a hamster will get better instructions. Anyway that's it, you're home, clueless, tired and stressed out. He's crying! Why? Is he hungry? Wet? In pain? He's sleeping! Is breathing? Is he breathing too fast? Too quickly? How about SIDS? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this is just the beginning people. Kids get ill, sick, they get hurt, there is trips to the ER, hospital stays. And these are just a few of what I would call "natural" dangers. Then we have to worry about peer pressure and bullying. And as they grow up they're involved in more activities and we have to worry about more peer pressure and we also have to think about child abuse, and risk of abduction...just read the headlines, there are a lot of sick people out there. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow! It's enough stress to make the most level headed parent become totally insane. One solution would be to get cloned and miniaturized so I could be with each one of our kids every second of the day (no, not to spy on them, the need to spy will come later) just to make sure that they're safe. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until that happens, we stick to plan B.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">We educate them as well as we can, we teach them how to be safe, we try to be good role models and most importantly we keep telling them that they can come to us for anything. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">And we can only hope that they will.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">No, parenthood is definitely not for sissies!</span>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-51463155248662075502011-10-26T14:29:00.000-04:002011-11-07T18:14:58.046-05:00Halloween Deco: Walking Zombies Sign.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This craft is fairly easy and quick to do.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I started with a square piece of wood that I spray painted black.</span><br />
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</a></div>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-5844636606962719972011-05-03T13:53:00.001-04:002011-05-03T21:12:32.635-04:00Mother's day project: From Dollar store find to personalized charm bracelet.<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eqtCJCowH11uOAo46vAApx4k4L_Hn6hZuymxBAovlLonGmC2qUg_VgOH3mguT3C0ucJjHDhyAMcCHyuUW-s75Cz560oS4BtktntnQTRmGvfx4H8nioI02okXi4TUpiZx-cIvrzLLqPM/s1600/Picture+2936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eqtCJCowH11uOAo46vAApx4k4L_Hn6hZuymxBAovlLonGmC2qUg_VgOH3mguT3C0ucJjHDhyAMcCHyuUW-s75Cz560oS4BtktntnQTRmGvfx4H8nioI02okXi4TUpiZx-cIvrzLLqPM/s320/Picture+2936.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On my last trip to the Do</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">llar tree, I had picked up a 12 pack of dice. I didn't really know what I was going to do with them but I knew I would come up with something.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZhvE3p8jbJ9bdfVGXvAee4zcu6eHBqEPlE1QZRZd7UW7YlfW3RE1ezNIrqhSlseE7sHYFS1T6PdpEmvofhlGQ4ynZ8uk07wgifD6r3aZBrFatWJWumZUdEShjAyX-f2eDL60Pd3UgUo/s1600/Picture+2938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sure enough a few days later I decided to personalize a dice with some pictures of the kids. Because of the size of the dice, I had the pictures printed on a small scale (9 pix on a 4x6). With a utility knife I cut the pictures to fit the face of the dice and I glued each one using Mod Podge. Once dry, I applied a coat of Dimensional Magic on each side leaving each side to dry over night (yes, it's time consuming but well worth it!). When all the sides of the dice were complete I glued a Y bail to a corner. I do not have pictures for each steps because of some camera issues but here are a few shots of the finished product.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I decided to make a charm bracelet for Eileen for Mother's Day and the dice will be one of the charms. Since Eileen and I like to play Scrabble, the other charms will be 3 Scrabble tiles with our Children's initials. I glued an <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/57224526/100-small-sterling-silver-plated-aanraku?ref=sr_gallery_4&ga_search_type=all&ga_includes[0]=tags_exact&ga_search_query=aanraku+bails&ga_ref=related&ga_page=1&ga_facet=">Aanraku bail</a> on the back of each tiles with superglue. For the bracelet used some "Natural Chic" rubber thread. I looped it three times and used some small jump rings to hold it together.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To close the bracelet, I heated the ends and "soldered" them together. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All I need now is a nice gift box. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I get that same feeling every spring. I started remembering the great times we had together, living life in the fast lane (literally). I still remember the day I made the decision to let her go. I gave her away to one very lucky guy. I can still see him pulling onto the driveway in his pick up truck to take her away from me. We didn't spend much time together anymore and as I was getting older I knew it would be wiser to go our separate ways. Even though she didn't like her, soon to be MommyO at the time said I would regret it but I didn't listen. Though we hit a few bumps on the road, we never had a fall out (thank God!). She wasn't my first one and I sure hope that she wasn't my last one either but as</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> low maintenance as she was, I couldn't afford her right now. <a href="http://pdfresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/red-hot-1992-mazda-miata.jpg">Sure I tried to replace her but it wasn't the same</a>. And as I look in my rear view mirror and see Grace's gorgeous face, I wonder how well she would fit in the family. I know John would love her but would it really be safe?</span><br />
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</div>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395505629186463252.post-29867420432597112782011-04-04T22:44:00.000-04:002011-04-04T22:44:18.938-04:00Yeah!!!! He did it!!!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">We had been strugling with John's toilet training. Not only did he refuse to poop in the toilet but lately he even started peeing in his pants too. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We tried pretty much everything, even bribing him. Since the boys are into Star Wars (to the point that we feel like we live on the <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/millenniumfalcon/index.html">Millenium Falcon</a>) we promised him a light saber...Nothing! Still pooped in his underwear. Even Matthew, his oldest brother, tried to persuade him...Nothing!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since you are all avid followers of <a href="http://www.daddyohome.blogspot.com/">DaddyDayCare</a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yo</span>u must</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> remember the post I had written on <a href="http://daddyohome.blogspot.com/2010/03/dont-potty-train-toilet-train.html">potty training</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">We had tried almost everything so today I went against my beliefs and I took out the old potty. He sat on it a few times during the day...Still nothing! So I didn't have high hopes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">This evening while at work I recieved the cutest phone call from little John: "Daddy! Daddy! I did it! I pooped on the potty! Can I have a light saber?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I guess I'll have to rethink my theory on potty training after all ;)</span>DaddyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721349078271977798noreply@blogger.com2