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#6yo β€” Public Fediverse posts

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  1. 6yo and I built bag one of Lego City 60439 Space Science Lab! Props to Lego for the wheelchair Minifig. Unfortunately bags 2-4 will have to wait for the 6yo’s attention span to recharge.

    #lego #6yo #parenting

  2. My 6yo has cracked the code of why Scooby Doo and the gang never get caught or hurt by the bad guy: β€œthey’ll never get gotten. They’re good at dodging. And running.β€œ

    #scoobydoo #6yo

  3. My 6yo is trying to sing O-C-T-O-B-E-R to the tune of Hot To Go and it is very amusing as they can neither spell nor sing πŸ˜‚

    #parenting #6yo

  4. jogged alongside/behind the #6yo while she biked (at like 5mph), and I reeeally wish I'd worn a mask

  5. A week after that, my wife told me, "I said I wouldn't tell you, but [the #6yo] told me that she keeps switching the labels on the bins. To mess with you."

    When I finally lose my marbles, I just want this story in the public record.

    #parenting

  6. Speaking of, I'm supposed to be on my way to Boston right now. But the #6yo threw up at school, so.. yeah. Remember parents: never make plans.

    Happily the Amtrak tickets were refundable.

    social.ridetrans.it/@Andres4NY

  7. I'm explaining to the #6yo that she can't just go around randomly calling people; that's not what younger generations DO. That's only for older generations (50+ years old). She needs to message first, at least.

    She found this upsetting and just wants to call. So hey, maybe that'll make a comeback after Gen Z?

  8. The #6yo found an eye on her shirt as I was brushing her teeth at bedtime. She stuck it on my forehead. I made a mental note to take it off after she was in bed.

    I forgot.

    Then I went out to the grocery store like this. No one said anything. Maybe because I was wearing a kf94 mask already (although I wasn't the only one there masking; even one of the checkout people had a kn95 on)? Not a peep from anyone over the course of an hour. That's #NYC for ya.

    My wife laughed at me when I got home.

  9. *sigh*

    I'm guessing by the height of these that it was the #6yo. There's like 30 pairs of these around the house.

  10. @enobacon I originally borrowed my FIL's crappy hardware store soldering iron before I bought this: amazon.com/YIHUA-Soldering-Con (open box on ebay for $60). I really like it, it's got lots of different tips & the heat gun ended up being really useful for opening up glued phones and other stuff.

    I can't remember what I used for holding it. I *wanted* to use the actual tool that I'd bought (amazon.com/Third-hand-tool-Sol=) for working on it, but my #6yo stole it. I bought a 2nd and she stole that too.

  11. the #12yo listening to the #6yo's meltdown: "Yeah, I'm definitely not having kids."

    πŸ˜‚

  12. I added the #6yo to our #xmpp server family chat (via her tablet), and oh boy is she having waaaay too much fun calling us.

  13. For the first time ever, my two kids are attending the same school. We *almost* have them on the same bus, too, except the #6yo (who gets car sick) threw up on the bus this morning. *Sigh*

    It was her first time on a school bus. Her older brother's been taking buses since like 2018.

  14. When your #6yo asks how to whistle - don't fall for it. It's a trap. You *will* get covered in spit. #parenting

  15. lol the one trick we had for getting the #6yo to school (letting her play on her tablet for 5 mins in the school lobby), she was told by a teacher isn't allowed.

    Honestly I'm finding it harder and harder to get mad about her school refusal. NYC DOE suuuuuuucks.

  16. #6yo: "Dad, when will Mom be done?"
    me: "I don't know"
    6yo: "How do you not know?"
    me: "Well, it depends on how long the lawyers take.. "
    6yo: "There's short way to say everything."
    me: πŸ˜‚
    me: "Unfortunately lawyers are not very good at saying and writing things in a short way."

  17. hahaha just kidding, the #6yo played with my soldering stuff and so I don't have the things I need to work on it ARGH

  18. Sigh. I needed to get the #6yo off screens ~30 mins ago, but she's doing khan academy math. Like, how am I supposed to stop that with a clean conscience?

  19. 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.

  20. My #6yo describing the sound of the box fan CR box: "It reminds me of a big delicious cherry tree, blowing in the wind" 🀨

  21. Explaining batteries to the #6yo:

    me: "...and so those little flat round ones are called watch batteries because they put them in.."

    6yo: "Do they have 'W' batteries?"

    me: "Um, not that I've heard. Anyway, so instead of AA and AAA batteries.."

    6yo: "Do they have 'B' batteries?"

    me: "I don't know. The.."

    6yo: "I like the sound of B batteries."

    me: "Mmm-hm"

    5yo: "Can we buy some B batteries?"

    me: "..."

  22. the #6yo just rolled her foot on a pencil and was like "ow!" (but no crying) and I said, "hm.. and why is there a pencil on the floor?" and my wife responded with, "I feel like I *just* took a poll on this situation" and glared at me πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‡

  23. Shout-out to all the other people waiting in the returns line* at #Macy's who kept shooting me sympathetic glances as my #6yo asked/whined non-stop for 20 mins about buying a toy. Any toy. She didn't even know what she was holding, but she wanted SOMETHING.

    * Don't ever do this. Mail it back. Let my life serve as a warning to others.

  24. "Ugh why does everybody have to LOVE ME SO MUCH??", the #6yo just whined.

  25. 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

  26. We let the kids play with the dough (at the table), and then they usually spread it on the pan and add cheese/sauce and whatever other pizza toppings they want. Except tonight they were too dysregulated to get passed the playing stage, so we did the spreading/cheese/sauce steps. But then the #6yo informed us that she had dropped her dough on the floor. We ate it anyways. 🀷
    #Feetza

  27. The #6yo chased the cats out and is eating in there now. 🀷

  28. #6yo: "[incomprehensible loud mumbling] the bathroom time"
    me: "What about the bathroom?"
    6yo: "None of your business"
    me: "What??"
    6yo: "It's not important for you to know."
    me: "I see. So we operate on a need-to-know basis, and I don't need to know?"
    6yo: *silence*
    me: "Talking to myself again, I guess."
    6yo: *silence*

    I love talking to kids. #parenting