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Today we’ve got a guest post from Michael Mitchell. My wife somehow found his blog, sent it to me, and we connected. Turns out he lives here in OKC. What a crazy small world.
Michael Mitchell is an (almost) thirty-something dad who blogs daily tips and life lessons for dads of daughters at lifetoheryears.com. While consuming copious quantities of life from a glass that’s usually half-full, he spends the majority of his days trying to balance his efforts to be a good husband & dad, a man of God, a professional raiser of philanthropic funds, and a defender of all things awesome. On the rare occasion he’s not tied up with all of that, he enjoys fighting street gangs for local charities and stuff like that.
You might be new to the game of fatherhood if…
I’ve noticed A LOT of groups on Facebook popping up lately around the idea of sharing common experiences about the town you grew up in with other people who also grew up there. My favorite is the “You know you’re from Gotebo if…” I don’t know if I’m more impressed that a town of 247 people has a Facebook group with 48 members in it or that a town that is only .77 square miles actually has a population of 247 people.
Anyhow… I digress. Seeing all of these groups and the things people are saying got me thinking about another shared experience that is fresh and new and really close to home for me right now: fatherhood.
When the kids are away
Megan and I have hopped down to Dallas to get away for a few days. It is definitely much needed. No kid, no dog, just us hanging out. Sweet glory.
We dropped Gabe off Tuesday morning with my parents and we’ll pick him up on Saturday morning. That’s a total of 4 days away from him – by far the longest we have ever gone without seeing him. And it’s weird.
We find ourselves quoting him throughout the day. Sitting in the hotel last night the AC kicked on. ”Brrr, it’s told mama. It’s told.” (he’s working on his t’s)
Clearly we miss him.
We were home all day Tuesday, painting he and Noah’s rooms, and commented several times how weird it was not to hear his footsteps running down the hall. How quiet it was without his goofy laugh. We imagined what he was doing while hanging with my parents. Conversations that they would be having.
He dominates our thoughts. And I love it. I miss him like crazy, but I love how he creeps into our everyday thoughts and conversations. And though we’re having a great time, I can’t wait until Saturday morning.
What’s the longest you’ve ever been away from your kid(s)?
When your 2 year old taunts you
At some point, I knew that Gabe would overtake me. He’d be able to fly past me for a lay-up, shove me out of the way for a rebound, take me down in a game of backyard football.
It’s one of those things that happens. For years we exert our dominance over them – many times with little effort involved. Slowly it gets more difficult. We start to “let them win”. Soon, we have no control. It’s over.
I just didn’t think it would happen so soon.
I didn’t think that, at age two, my son would roam the halls of our home after a sword fight, taunting me with “Who’s the baby now?! Heh heh heh!”
Or that this taunt would last for days on end.
Do you remember the first time you beat your dad at something?
World’s Most Embarrassing Dad
This guy waved goodbye to his son every morning. For an entire school year. 171 days. Wearing weird costumes. Oh, and his kid is a Sophomore in High School.
Wow.
I think he wins the award of World’s Most Embarrassing Dad.
Have you ever embarrassed your kids publicly?
Here he comes to save the day!
Super Gabe!
It was a pretty spectacular weekend in our household. My parents showed up on Saturday and spent the morning with us at Gabe’s favorite place in the world, the zoo.
Saturday night, we were in the midst of some rowdy playtime and decided to teach Gabe about super heroes. We through a cape on him and off we went. If you’re wondering why we have a cape just sitting around the house, it was a prop Megan had used for a photo shoot. He loved it. We would fly through the house yelling “Superman!!” while he followed along mimicking our every move.
Brian Regan on Dora the Explorer
Gabe is big into Dora and Diego right now. “Daddy I want Digo! I want Digo, Daddy!” (we’re not so great on three syllable words yet). Or if it’s Dora he comes at me with a “Boots Daddy! Boots!”
To be completely honest, they aren’t horrible shows. Don’t get me wrong, they’re no Yo Gabba Gabba, but they are decent.
Brian Regan – one of the funniest comedians around, shares his take on Dora. Enjoy.
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What’s your favorite show that your kids watch?
Gabe Discovers Windshield Wipers
Gabe’s newest thing is to sit in the driver’s seat of my car. I got home yesterday and Megan needed to run a few errands. Gabe said he wanted to go for a “drive” so I sat him in the driver’s seat. He sat there playing for probably 15 minutes. I didn’t know 2005 Xterra’s were so fascinating. His favorite part? Discovering windshield wipers.
What’s your favorite car?
Some Questions
It’s Monday. We turned Gabe’s crib into a big boy bed over the weekend. Amazingly, we only had to get up once each night to go and put him back in the bed. Much better than expected, though I’m still a bit rusty on the getting up in the middle of the night thing. Gonna have to get used to that with Baby Dos headed this way.
Given my rustiness and lack of creativity, I thought it an appropriate time to do a “questions” post here on DadLife. Let’s get to know each other a little better, shall we?
- Name (First, First and Last, Last, Middle and Last – whatever you are comfortable with)
- City/State you live in
- Do you have kids? If so, how many?
- What do you do for a living?
- Do you blog? If so, share it with us.
- Greatest and worst moment as a dad?
- Best piece of dad advice?
I’ll start us off in the comments. Happy Monday
