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Submitted by Rhinodad on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 3:21pm

DW and I found out a few months ago that we were expecting. We decided to wait until the 12 weeks timeframe to tell people. Of course we decided to tell the kids (SD9 and BS4) first. DW wanted to video tape their reactions to use as an announcement...

DW thought SD9 would be excited about it, while BS4 would be upset. I told her I knew exactly what was going to happen: SD9 was going to get very upset, cry and whine, flail about, and threaten to move in with her dad permanently. BS4 would be interested, but wouldn't really understand yet.

Shaking my head

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Submitted by Rhinodad on Mon, 05/18/2015 - 2:06pm

For the last 3 years or so I've routinely told DW that SD8 does not speak appropriately to adults. She is very rude, back-talks constantly, gives huge attitude when asked to do something, and is a general smart-ass. This has pretty much been the case since I met her when she was 3, but it has gotten worse as she's gotten older. She won't dare speak to DW this way (and when she does she is punished), but with me it is pretty much constant.

School service hours

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Submitted by Rhinodad on Thu, 03/26/2015 - 11:52am

So, I've touched on this before, but we have SD8 enrolled in a charter school. One aspect of being a part of this school is that families are required to do 20 "service hours" for the school. If these are not done, the child cannot return the following year. In order to meet these hours you have to do activities at the school - car line, lunch duty, special events, etc. You can also donate materials (but not money) towards these hours.

Covering for BioDad Again.

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Submitted by Rhinodad on Sat, 01/03/2015 - 7:45am

Why oh why, DW, is it our responsibility to cover for BioDad?

SD8's payment for BioDad's portion of SD8's insurance and after school care is due. Technically the insurance is due the first of every month, and the after school care is usually the first week of the month. This month they are 1/1 and 1/5 respectively.

Won a battle, lost the war?

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Submitted by Rhinodad on Wed, 11/05/2014 - 1:14pm

So, Halloween is over... and it went pretty much how I expected. Another huge fight with DW, followed by exactly what I did not want to happen happening.

First, after lots of discussion (read: arguments), DW finally agreed to make Halloween a yearly affair. Meaning one year SD8 would be with us, the next she would be with her father, and so on. It was like pulling teeth getting DW to agree to this.

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