When getting ready for bedtime runs a little long and I don't want to turn on the light, I just add a thread to my episodal storytelling of my sons getting sucked into their favorite game (fortnite and minecraft respectively). It never misses.

I read books to my youngest this week and he goes "dad you are the best reader".

I get busy weekends. On Sunday here one of the wheels on our trailer pram completely shit itself. The axle broke and is stuck inside the pram by the release pin, now the wheel is bent out of place and I can't get it out.

Then on getting home after that expedition the garage door broke. So our car with the baby seats in it was stuck inside and our other means of getting the kids around was also broken.

I've had a few problems with the trailer pram recently, so I'm almost thinking of selling it and the ebike, and getting something like a Tern so I can do the work commute and cart the kids around with a single unit. The trailer pram makes navigating some things a bit cumbersome, so something the size of a normal bike would be great.

Baby Beaver is getting way more mobile, we might have to actually put the gate up soon to keep her contained.

Sorry for the late thread y'all! Busy busy weekend!

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Hi friends. I drove an hour away to the childrens museum with my kid today. They had a band there playing drums and my kid got super over stimulated and wanted to go home. They recently made a sensory room there and I took him into that instead and it was like magic. He calmed down in about 10 minutes. I am sold. They should have these everywhere!!!

Anyways, still solo parenting and just happy I got us out to do something really fun and it went well :)

This week somehow both the little Fish picked up a stomach bug. Wasn’t too bad. 2yo threw up twice and 4yo was terrified they might as well. We made a campsite in our living room and ate a lot of Goldfish. We watched a lot of movies, which we normally don’t do. I picked movies that I used to watch when I was sick. I was not ready for the emotional devastation of Homeward Bound. It was a good time.

My 14 year old recently did very well in their sport in a big tournament with lots of contestants. They never expected going that far.

I never understood the joy of sport myself but I am extremely proud of what they're achieving and of how dedicated they are.

I’m starting Derek Ford’s (from the Reading Capital with Comrades podcast) Encountering Education: Elements for a Marxist Pedagogy. This book is not geared towards kids, but I’m reading it hoping to pick up any applicable kernels of wisdom that will help me foster a Marxist outlook in my kids.

Took the family to get boba tea yesterday. At the front desk they have a basket full of keychains that were huge turgid black cocks. Kid picks one up, puzzled, "What are these? Are they whales?". I immediately burst out in uncontrollable laughter. The girl behind the counter is laughing her ass off too.

"Yes kid, they're whales, carry on."

"I don't understand, why are you laughing?"

Definitely won't forget that one any time soon.