#11yo — Public Fediverse posts

"wait, you keep saying 'the 80s'.. Do you mean the 1800s?" -- my #11yo

Just taught the #11yo how to make nachos. He is officially Ready For College!

Okay, they both came up to me (at the prompting of the #11yo I think) and did the oompa loompa dance, complete with song. I don't think they've ever seen Willy Wonka, I'm going to have to show it to them. The '70s version, of course..

[edit: oh the new Wonka is apparently not a remake but a prequel? Wild(er) ]

lol at the #11yo saying "this is one of the reasons I'm probably not having kids" as I try to coax the #6yo through another tantrum.

So I was woken up this morning by my #11yo because he had an earbud nozzle/tip stuck in his ear.

That's how my Saturday began, using tweezers to fish a piece of plastic out of a kid's ear. #parenting

At dinner I mentioned that I had an argument online about cooked carrots (https://social.ridetrans.it/@Andres4NY/111746586335588785). I described some of the responses, and the #11yo responded, "*I* would've said 'Check your privilege! Not all of us can chew hard food. Your ableism is showing.'"

I shit you not, he came up with that out of nowhere. He is truly a child of the (cursed) internet.

This is my wife's test, but unfortunately right when she was feeling sick, we were playing our first family D&D game; the #11yo set up the campaign and was DMing. So we spent like two hours straight in close proximity, and then she was all "I don't feel good" and put on a mask.

A day later, and she would've been at work instead of home and we likely would've been spared. But as it stands, the 11yo stayed home from school today, and I'm starting to feel iffy..

https://social.ridetrans.it/@Andres4NY/111621356212605246

@alienghic Through some trial-and-error, we now have a "no phones after 6:30pm" rule for the #11yo (whose bedtime is 8:30pm). It makes for an interesting dynamic whereby occasionally he'll get a text from a friend after 6:30, and he asks me to read it to him. Or doesn't.

So at 8pm at night, the #11yo decided to try cracking an egg on the #6yo's head.

Result = egg in her hair and all over the floor, crying, and general chaos. 😭

#parenting #ItsGonnaBeALongWeekend

Things I regret about today:

While riding through the MASSIVE puddles (ponds) on the trails of #FlushingMeadowCoronaPark in the pouring rain - telling my #11yo on the back of my #Kombi mid-tail bike"legs up!" just before going through them, and having him purposefully put his feet *down* and yell WHEEEEE as he got his legs soaked in the massive spray. And not capturing that joy on video camera, because I haven't bothered to set up my old #FauxPros.

#BikeNYC #BikeQueens

I'm pretty nervous about having The Talk with the #11yo, but I think it's finally time.

That awkward conversation about how the people who have control over you are often just power-tripping assholes, but you just kind of have to put up with them until you've moved on.

Aw, look who got a haircut!

#11yo #BanCars

Yesterday, to the #11yo: "Do you want to try one of these tamales?" "Sure."

Today, to my wife: "What do you mean there's only one tamale left?? Who ate them all?!"

I should've predicted this. 😭

Along with some groceries and a can of paint, we hauled home these pumpkins just now. Two packed full panniers, and the big pumpkin on the #11yo's lap while he sat on the back of the bike. 👍

#BikeNYC

We were leaving the hardware store, and the guy in front of us had one of those fluffy yellow paint rollers fall out of his cart.

The #11yo (completely serious) says, "hey, you dropped your spongecake." 😂

We have a family history of #BikeBoxPainting disasters. When we painted the box for the other bike blue, the #11yo (who at the time would've been 7) stepped into the paint can and left foot prints in the alley. The footprints are still there.

The #11yo just complained about staying home and said that he *wanted* to go to school tomorrow (he's not out of covid quarantine until Thurs).

He has *never* wanted to go to school before. Seems like the new school is a hit!

@memory We had a fun fight last year because the #11yo's school told us he had too many unexcused absences, and we went back and forth with what "unexcused" meant. Every single absence had an email from us to his teachers/school telling them that he was sick. They said he needed doctors notes, which was absolutely ridiculous. Eventually we went further up the chain and found someone reasonable.

Meanwhile when #11yo leaves for school in the morning, this is what the #cats do.

#CatsOfMastodon #FosterCats
#Jetson #clove #erie

The #11yo just responded to something I said with "L plus ratio". I told him that I don't know what that means*. He responded, "If you know, you know."

The kid speaks in internet memes now. 🫤

#parenting

* I know what a ratio is, as in twitter ratio, but.. lose plus ratio? That didn't make sense within the context of the conversation.

Aw how sweet, my #11yo brought me home a gift from camp. A week's worth of dirty clothes that were sitting around sopping wet for most of that time. And it's not even my birthday! 🥲

My #11yo plays a lot of video games, and he keeps talking about "fighting bosses".. I feel like this is good practice for when he's older and gets a job.

#Clove helping me enforce the no-screens-after-5pm rule for the #11yo.

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon

#ThoughtfulThursday Too much 💔 @[email protected] 😊 for my little #Marcello #11yo “Est-ce que tu m'aimes?” 🎧 🇨🇵 #schoolbook in 🇮🇹 #deascuola #homework👀 ⬇️

#ThoughtfulThursday Too much 💔 @[email protected] 😊 for my little #Marcello #11yo “Est-ce que tu m'aimes?” 🎧 🇨🇵 #schoolbook in 🇮🇹 #deascuola #homework👀 ⬇️

#ThoughtfulThursday Too much 💔 @[email protected] 😊 for my little #Marcello #11yo “Est-ce que tu m'aimes?” 🎧 🇨🇵 #schoolbook in 🇮🇹 #deascuola #homework👀 ⬇️