Bakers Dozen

Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids

  1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it)
  2. Attend school soccer games
  3. Watch animated films in theaters
  4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends.
  5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud.
  6. Go to high school art shows
  7. Attend school orchestra concerts
  8. Be hugged
  9. Clean up another person’s vomit or diarrhea
  10. Listen to other parents talk about their kids
  11. Eat at Chuck E. Cheese’s

Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids

  1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it)
  2. Attend school soccer games
  3. Watch animated films in theaters
  4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends.
  5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud.
  6. Go to high school art shows
  7. Attend school orchestra concerts
  8. Be hugged
  9. Clean up another person’s vomit or diarrhea
  10. Listen to other parents talk about their kids
  11. Eat at Chuck E. Cheese’s
  12. Watch dumb cartoons on Netflix
    I love cartoons and yet it seems that the Boy keeps finding the terrible ones.

Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids

  1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it)
  2. Attend school soccer games
  3. Watch animated films in theaters
  4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends.
  5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud.
  6. Go to high school art shows
  7. Attend school orchestra concerts
  8. Be hugged
  9. Clean up another person’s vomit or diarrhea
  10. Listen to other parents talk about their kids
  11. Eat at Chuck E. Cheese’s
  12. Watch dumb cartoons on Netflix
  13. McDonald’s

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.
  3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.
  3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much
  4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon.
    Might be more “when the ex is gone” but nonetheless I’m enjoying something called “St. Ambrose - Double IPA” at the moment.

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[Wait, kids leave when they grow up?]

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.
  3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much
  4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon.
  5. Golf

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.
  3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much
  4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon.
  5. Golf
  6. Whatever the fuck I want

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.
  3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much
  4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon.
  5. Golf
  6. Whatever the fuck I want
  7. Convert their bedroom into a den

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.
  3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much
  4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon.
  5. Golf
  6. Whatever the fuck I want
  7. Convert their bedroom into a den
  8. Date night

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.
  3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much
  4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon.
  5. Golf
  6. Whatever the fuck I want
  7. Convert their bedroom into a den
  8. Date night
  9. Sleep in and not have to worry about getting them off to school on weekday mornings or sports and activities on weekends

At least I hope this will happen, ours aren’t gone yet, we still have one in HS

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.
  3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much
  4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon.
  5. Golf
  6. Whatever the fuck I want
  7. Convert their bedroom into a den
  8. Date night
  9. Sleep in and not have to worry about getting them off to school on weekday mornings or sports and activities on weekends
  10. Social drinking

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.
  3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much
  4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon.
  5. Golf
  6. Whatever the fuck I want
  7. Convert their bedroom into a den
  8. Date night
  9. Sleep in and not have to worry about getting them off to school on weekday mornings or sports and activities on weekends
  10. Social drinking
  11. Read for pleasure

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.
  3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much
  4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon.
  5. Golf
  6. Whatever the fuck I want
  7. Convert their bedroom into a den
  8. Date night
  9. Sleep in and not have to worry about getting them off to school on weekday mornings or sports and activities on weekends
  10. Social drinking
  11. Read for pleasure
  12. Have whatever for dinner since I don’t need to cook them a balanced meal

Very much on my mind since my older kid is home from college this week and now eating vegetarian

Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here

  1. Morning sex – YES!!
  2. Monitor my credit score.
  3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much
  4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon.
  5. Golf
  6. Whatever the fuck I want
  7. Convert their bedroom into a den
  8. Date night
  9. Sleep in and not have to worry about getting them off to school on weekday mornings or sports and activities on weekends
  10. Social drinking
  11. Read for pleasure
  12. Have whatever for dinner since I don’t need to cook them a balanced meal
  13. No more dad’s taxi service

(I assume, we’re not there yet).

Next: Kurt Russell movies.

  1. Escape fro New York

Next: Kurt Russell movies.

  1. Escape from New York
  2. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

Kurt Russell movies.

  1. Escape from New York
  2. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
  3. Overboard!

One of my favorites.

Kurt Russell movies

  1. Escape from New York
  2. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
  3. Overboard!
  4. It Happened at the World’s Fair

His screen debut, in 1963, as “Boy Kicking Mike.”

Kurt Russell movies

  1. Escape from New York
  2. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
  3. Overboard!
  4. It Happened at the World’s Fair
  5. Big Trouble In Little China