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W Sisters Short on Cleaning Up

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I was checking with M about when/if the girls were going to put their bikes away. They were in our entry hallway and it was a bit crowded. Her response was that if the girls clean their room they would be able to go biking later when the rain stopped. Thus the bikes were still out and not in the shed. M continued that the girls previously said they cleaned their room. She mentioned she would go check in a bit.

A heard M say that from the other room. A then stops what she’s doing and said “I need to go up to my room for a minute to check on something.” I am pretty sure that was slightly transparent code for let me finish tidying up some books.

Full disclosure I find this funnier since I wrote it circa 2019 and never published it. Still funny though.

W Sisters Short on Maniacal Laughs

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I’m not sure 100% why, however, when the other day the girls were trying to one up each other with their maniacal laughs, I thought I might be actually succeeding as a parent.

They used to spin around slowly in my office chair, holding stuffed animals going well well well what do we have here in their best Dr evil impression I was also equally impressed.

Now with our cat it’s almost like they have seen Austin Powers (they haven’t) because they do the same thing wi5h our cat and it reminds me so much of doctor evil. They have instead I try it and taken videos. Still winning as a parent if I do say so myself:)

w Sisters And Musical Theature

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Part of the day is Sunday the girls spent easily an hour to practising a musical number. I can only assume it’s the opening number to the next great Broadway musical. They choreographed it. And they worked on their lines by doing the number over and over again. It was absolutely brilliant. I cannot give away too much of the plot. It had something to do with a human and a mermaid meeting up. I was lucky enough to be able to capture some audio of the practice. I hope one day in the far future the girls will enjoy listening to it just like I did.

W Sisters On Entertaining

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One day last year I had a conversation with T that went like this in almost exact quotes:

I said “I am here to entertain you”

She said “you are here to be my dad”.

I replied “I am also here to entertain you.” I then said “guess what you (T) are here to entertain me”.

She replied “no I am not. I am here to carry on life”.

Very profound (and funny) for a 9 year old.

W Sisters on The Easter Bunny

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This story is from 2021 and I don’t know why I never published it.

A tells M the other day that they (the girls) have a theory that M is the easter bunny. Apparently the girls went looking for cereal and they found on a high shelf the stash of Easter chocolates and candies that we had bought to prepare for the Easter.

The cover story will be that I ate the candy after M moves it. I am ok with that even if I don’t get to actually eat it

W Sisters Short on The Dentist

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The other night (well really 3 years ago since I wrote this and never posted it) I was walking past our living room.  I heard the girls playing so I peeked in to see what they were doing. T was lying on the couch with a lamp pointed directed at her face. A is hovering over her holding the 13th doctor’s sonic screwdriver saying now let’s get the tooth out.

I cannot make this stuff up.  They continue to be my entertainment budget.

The Story of Grogu Unlocking Downstairs

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Since we got Grogu we have been limiting his access to most of the house. That was the recommendation of many resources on the Internet about introducing a cat to your house. Also we haven’t really gotten the house into a state where every room was clean enough that we don’t have to worry that he would eat something that he shouldn’t.

Geogu started off in just the office. Then we opened him up to the stairs and the hallway on the first floor and then the first floor toilet.

We cleaned A’s Room so he could go in there next. Afterwards A commented that Grogu had unlocked her room. Unlocked in the video game sense. She said that before I could make the similar comment about him levelling up.

While we were cleaning downstairs so he could come down and get into the kitchen and family room she had referenced it again that Grogu was unlocking the kitchen. She beat me to my comment about levelling up again. She is of course my child. 🙂

Grogu was quite enjoying the new larger area of his domain. It is his domain now.

The Downside of HomePod Intercom

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As much as I like the Apple HomePods they do have a dark side. Today on an incident call i was on from work I had a broadcast “Daddy can I have apple sauce” while i had a live mic. I do not think anyone noticed. Or if they did no one said anything.

If anyone was wondering the situation was mitigated by allowing said apple sauce.

W Sisters Short on Drawing a Laptop

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The other day T showed me something she drew. That happens often since she likes to draw and is pretty creative. What she showed me was a paper laptop. I’ve seen her earlier in the day doing what one would describe as pretend typing on it. At the time I did not fully register what she was doing.

Once she showed me the “laptop” it became much clearer. Her laptop had a keyboard, trackpad and screen full of applications. I could tell she had her search engine as well as a teams chat with several of her friends on video. For a minute I thought my use of technology was rubbing off on her. Then I realised it’s what she does with her class. She mentioned Google search specifically at school the other day. After that I had to explain why we don’t use Google at home. Doring lockdown she did video teams calls with her class. It all made sense and was exceedingly adorable. The fact that she still plays pretend with it makes me smile.