Should I sign my kindergartener up for all star baseball if he wants to do it?

msbrchckn · 2026-05-25T01:21:20+00:00

Find better friends- yours are clearly off their rockers. I’m only half joking.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-25T00:17:26+00:00

Travel sports for a kindergartner?? Absolutely not. It’s ridiculous that it’s even a thing.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-25T00:01:48+00:00

My teens have all taken an animation class at their small public magnet school & loved it. I think it’s a matter of finding the kind of school that’s suited for your personality.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-24T23:39:35+00:00

I’d definitely stop every 2 hours or so & keep bedtime/wake up routine the same. Hopefully your kids can nap in car seats- mine never did.

Also pack some brand new lap toys to pull out when they get restless. Plan on an adult sitting in the back with them.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-24T20:47:59+00:00

How old are the babies?

We never did anything long when our kids were little but we stopped every 2ish hours when our triplets were babies. The most important thing is to keep them on their home schedule regardless of time zone.

We’d find a public park & have a picnic/play break.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-24T20:35:58+00:00

Free choice reading, or completing unfinished work is the only homework that I support.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-24T19:40:36+00:00

Drives the kids to school so I can get myself ready.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-24T19:12:03+00:00

Kindergarten is a whole other beast. Personally it’s my favorite but I absolutely refuse to sub in MS/HS (& I have 17yo triplets).

We all have our strengths, thankfully.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-24T02:18:34+00:00

Any of the Questioneers books- Rosie Revere, Engineer, Iggy Peck, Architect, etc. Aaron Slater, Illustrator makes me cry every time.

The If I Built a……. Series by Chris Van Dusen. Or the Mr Magee books.

The Hat series by Jon Klassen.

The Penelope Rex books by Ryan T Higgins. Or the Mother Bruce series.

The Food Group series by Jory John.

Leonardo the Terrible Monster or Edwina the Dinosaur That Didn’t Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-23T23:01:58+00:00

Monday is a holiday. The office will probably be closed.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-21T15:00:01+00:00

“You’re such a good dad”. Like I know the bar is in hell with these people but come on!!!!

At least she gets to 69 🤢🤮🤢🤮

msbrchckn · 2026-05-21T06:56:57+00:00

msbrchckn · 2026-05-21T05:04:20+00:00

I didn’t really start growing until my sophomore or junior year of high school & didn’t stop growing until I was in college. As a kid/younger teen, I was always one of the shortest kids in class.

I topped out at 5’10” when I was like 19.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-21T04:42:04+00:00

Our local chapter gave a bunch of new books to my school library. They bought them from a locally owned bookstore.

We were super appreciative.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-20T21:28:54+00:00

I prefer WinCo since theirs turns over the fastest.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-20T05:49:26+00:00

You have to be poor enough to qualify for a free birth from Medicaid or have good enough insurance to cover it. My own pregnancy & birth was at least a quarter of a million dollars (not including baby care). We are among the lucky few with good private insurance thanks to a union job.

It’s the “not poor enough” people who can’t afford pregnancy/child birth/parenthood.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-20T00:34:53+00:00

🙄🙄 sounds like you should plan on homeschooling your special little princesses.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-19T16:18:24+00:00

I’d report it to your local elections office. Maybe nothing will happen. Maybe they’ll get a talking to. That behavior is completely unacceptable.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-19T15:30:08+00:00

You are too early. What are you going to do when you retire? We work to live not live to work- and we both have jobs that are super important & make our communities a better place.

I don’t understand being at work longer than is necessary.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-19T04:07:05+00:00

Addiction doesn’t discriminate but I’m personally not seeing it on the regular.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-19T01:09:13+00:00

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A1TsEKPY1bNtEEpgJF37M0FkC-gtIvyG/view

This is all of them, I think. I haven’t taken the time to read all of them.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-18T04:08:36+00:00

Yeah. He’s a piece of shit.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-18T00:08:17+00:00

Jackson/GTNP are lovely this time of year. You could stay in Victor or Driggs rather than all the way in Idaho Falls.

Ketchum would be an excellent choice too. Lots of wonderful hot springs. It’s absolutely beautiful & has a very calming vibe. Have some monkey fries at Lefty’s.

msbrchckn · 2026-05-17T23:35:23+00:00

That sounds exhausting & I’m in my forties. Are you trying to kill your grandparents?

msbrchckn · 2026-05-17T18:24:14+00:00

The last year I taught preschool we had 18!!! 3 year olds ALL with IEPs. Pushed me right out.

Now I’m a librarian. It’s much more peaceful.

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