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The 14 month-old joins the 3 year-old at daycare next week, as I get ready to return to work at the end of the month.

End of an era. It's been great spending so much time with the boys, but I am looking forward to interacting more with fully grow humans. When they are both home on Tuesday and Thursday I'm fighting for my life. Especially if the weather is shit.

And while they have not walked in on us, the baby has impeccable timing with cries from his crib. 

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Learn me on potty training or send me videos to learn me
I'm late but...

Get one of those potty chairs that play music every time they pee and they'll use it 100 times a day.

Let them run around naked with the potty chair in the room so they don't have a diaper and they will use the toilet.

But the biggest helper was daycare. Going on a schedule when all their friends went was the big game changer. Both kids fully potty trained before 3.
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My kid is fucking ON one.

Last night, she got out of bed, came into our room, and thwarted multiple attempts at sexy time. Finally it seemed like she was actually out. We resumed. Mid-nut, the door flies open and we kind of collapse in a heap. She goes "DADDY WHY YOU ON MOMMY?". Tried saying "I was just giving Mommy hugs", and she kept going "why you on top her?". Finally got her to sleep and nothing was mentioned this AM. Likely more traumatic for me knowing my daughter may have seen my vinegar strokes.

Wake up this morning, and the house is way too cold (it's -9 outside right now). I frantically check the furnace, which is running but blowing cool-ish air. Nearly text my buddy who does HVAC in town (keep in mind it's like 4:30 AM) to get on their work list for the day, when I get a hair to go look at the thermostat. The heat function had been shut off. I turn the heat back on, and everything works as normal. The thermostat is located about 2' above the back of our living room couch. A place that my daughter has been hanging out and walking around a ton lately.

TLDR; 2 year old free to a good home.
My uncle told a story of a good friend and his wife who had a 2-3yo. They were going at it (under the covers) one evening when the kid was supposed to be asleep. Man was on top. Didn't hear the kid had come into the room until he suddenly jumped on dad and yelled, "Giddyup!"
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14 hours ago, Thatguy said:

I forgot to post an update!

She signed! She got a full ride to play D1 college volleyball. Me and the wife popped a bottle of champagne knowing we have a little extra walk around money. Here is the aforementioned athlete!

 

 

 

WOW that's an incredible accomplishment for your daughter! I hope she never has to face the Horns so you won't have to cheer against your daughter🤘

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48 minutes ago, Captainant said:

WOW that's an incredible accomplishment for your daughter! I hope she never has to face the Horns so you won't have to cheer against your daughter🤘

Funny you shouod say that. The number one recruit in my daughter's class is a kid who signed with Texas. The school my daughter is going to will always be barely getting in the tournament so the likelihood that she faces Texas is pretty good. My daughter has played this kid many many times in both club and school ball. The last time they played each other my kid hit .429 against them and it came down to the last set but we lost. That girl is 6'4 and an absolute monster. My kid looks short out there at 5'10-5'11. 

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36 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

Funny you shouod say that. The number one recruit in my daughter's class is a kid who signed with Texas. The school my daughter is going to will always be barely getting in the tournament so the likelihood that she faces Texas is pretty good. My daughter has played this kid many many times in both club and school ball. The last time they played each other my kid hit .429 against them and it came down to the last set but we lost. That girl is 6'4 and an absolute monster. My kid looks short out there at 5'10-5'11. 

For some reason I thought your daughter had signed last year?  Was that just the offer?

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15 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

For some reason I thought your daughter had signed last year?  Was that just the offer?

Probably.  That's what happened to my daughter.  She committed last year, but just signed a few weeks ago.  She's a '26 class, and the '27's are almost full.  It's moving so fast these days, and the portal isn't helping.  

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2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

For some reason I thought your daughter had signed last year?  Was that just the offer?

 

2 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

Probably.  That's what happened to my daughter.  She committed last year, but just signed a few weeks ago.  She's a '26 class, and the '27's are almost full.  It's moving so fast these days, and the portal isn't helping.  

Yeah, she is a 26. She committed in July of last year so she couldn't officially sign until Nov 12th. Crazy thing is she tore her ACL this year in school ball and we were on pins and needles thinking they might drop her. They didn't thank goodness. 

 

@BabaYaga what sport does your kid play? I forgot. I wanna say vball too?

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2 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

Yeah, she is a 26. She committed in July of last year so she couldn't officially sign until Nov 12th. Crazy thing is she tore her ACL this year in school ball and we were on pins and needles thinking they might drop her. They didn't thank goodness. 

Yeah, that rings a bell with the injury.  Congrats on her signing!

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6 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

 

Yeah, she is a 26. She committed in July of last year so she couldn't officially sign until Nov 12th. Crazy thing is she tore her ACL this year in school ball and we were on pins and needles thinking they might drop her. They didn't thank goodness. 

 

@BabaYaga what sport does your kid play? I forgot. I wanna say vball too?

Soccer.  The ACL destroyer sport.  Honestly, glad she's better.  The rehab now is amazing.  Less than a year and they're back at it.  For soccer, it's the "boots" and turf fields.  Piece of advice for all you soccer parents.  When you buy your kids new boots, check the spikes.  

Speed vs. comfort - no, it's a torn ACL or a healthy season.  Those "blades" on the left don't give in grass or turf.  They bite in and the momentum of the body is wrecking players.  

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21 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

 

Yeah, she is a 26. She committed in July of last year so she couldn't officially sign until Nov 12th. Crazy thing is she tore her ACL this year in school ball and we were on pins and needles thinking they might drop her. They didn't thank goodness. 

 

@BabaYaga what sport does your kid play? I forgot. I wanna say vball too?

I can tell you, it's wild out there right now for soccer girls.  It's not injuries we have to worry about, it's turnover.  For example, just our club team noticeable commits who are now stressing:

  • Girl committed to Ol Miss.  Coach fired a few weeks back.  New coach will come in, about half the current commits will get the boot (pun intended)
  • Two committed to UNT.  He just announced he's retiring after next year
  • La Tech - their coach just got fired
  • A&M - also retiring next season
  • We had an offer in hand from Wofford in SC.  Just didn't "feel" right.  He's a new coach.  Last I checked there are 9 girls on the current team in the portal.  Dodged a bullet there possibly.  
  • Obviously Texas soccer coach after 14 seasons got shitcanned.  

Then you have overcommitting.  Girls are "encouraged" to enroll early.  That's also when coaches can cut their rosters back.  Tech did this last year.  AR does it ever year.  These are tryouts.  Not commitments.  Girls graduate early, over the moon excited.  Show up.  Weeks later told to find another school. 

 

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My son, who is now a junior at UT, was going through the soccer recruiting dance in HS, but it was a weird time -- covid.  He might have played lower level D1 but was mostly getting attention from high D2, and some of those programs just shut down ~ 2020 (cough St. Ed's cough).  It was a super hard time to get a read on what opportunities would actually exist in a year or two.

He's glad he just went academics at UT instead of playing for a lesser school.  The whole recruiting circus had my head spinning, for sure.  Kudos to you both (and your kids) for getting through it.

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1 hour ago, BabaYaga said:

I can tell you, it's wild out there right now for soccer girls.  It's not injuries we have to worry about, it's turnover.  For example, just our club team noticeable commits who are now stressing:

  • Girl committed to Ol Miss.  Coach fired a few weeks back.  New coach will come in, about half the current commits will get the boot (pun intended)
  • Two committed to UNT.  He just announced he's retiring after next year
  • La Tech - their coach just got fired
  • A&M - also retiring next season
  • We had an offer in hand from Wofford in SC.  Just didn't "feel" right.  He's a new coach.  Last I checked there are 9 girls on the current team in the portal.  Dodged a bullet there possibly.  
  • Obviously Texas soccer coach after 14 seasons got shitcanned.  

Then you have overcommitting.  Girls are "encouraged" to enroll early.  That's also when coaches can cut their rosters back.  Tech did this last year.  AR does it ever year.  These are tryouts.  Not commitments.  Girls graduate early, over the moon excited.  Show up.  Weeks later told to find another school. 

 

Yeah, I heard soccer was pretty bad. 

The whole recruiting process is a shitshow in general. These poor kids are on such an emotional rollercoaster. June 15th and kids are on pins and needles hoping to get calls. Then you get calls and these schools don't have the balls to tell you they took another kid higher on the list than you. My daughter was being recruited by Wake Forest. They were looking for an outside hitter. They had been watching her for two years. They showed up at triple crown, and their coach was even videoing her in the huddle. So they were pretty serious. They ended up taking 25 recruit Bailey Warren(DT for the Patriots and aggy Ty Warren's daughter), a kid who plays for a rival of my daughter's high school. They didn't have the decency to even let my kid know they went in a different direction. Bailey is a phenomenal athlete, far better than my kid, but to ghost us? So then Bailey flips to Baylor . I laughed. They got what they deserved. That's what these schools do to kids. No texts back No emails back. No calls back once they decide.

Several schools were after my kid and we coached her to let them know she was looking elsewhere if she didn't like them. We also told her she isn't Cardale Jones, we definitely came to play school. So go to the best school you can, fuck a volleyball ranking. She is a good little player, a little undersized, but a good leaper, and an extremely powerful hitter. She is strong. At 14 she put up 150 on the weight bench and 220 on the squat rack. Had to tell the strength coach to cut that shit out! There are a ton of great schools in the NE that aren't going to wow you in volleyball but are academically strong. She chose that route. So now she is a big fish in a little pond, and that's okay. It's already served her well, because not only are they not going to be trying to recruit over you as soon as you hit campus, but they didn't even drop you after you tore your ACL just prior to national signing day. 

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54 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

My son, who is now a junior at UT, was going through the soccer recruiting dance in HS, but it was a weird time -- covid.  He might have played lower level D1 but was mostly getting attention from high D2, and some of those programs just shut down ~ 2020 (cough St. Ed's cough).  It was a super hard time to get a read on what opportunities would actually exist in a year or two.

He's glad he just went academics at UT instead of playing for a lesser school.  The whole recruiting circus had my head spinning, for sure.  Kudos to you both (and your kids) for getting through it.

I always wondered how that year hurt incoming recruitable athletes. We were just outside kids getting Covid years and dodged a bullet. 

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4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

My son, who is now a junior at UT, was going through the soccer recruiting dance in HS, but it was a weird time -- covid.  He might have played lower level D1 but was mostly getting attention from high D2, and some of those programs just shut down ~ 2020 (cough St. Ed's cough).  It was a super hard time to get a read on what opportunities would actually exist in a year or two.

He's glad he just went academics at UT instead of playing for a lesser school.  The whole recruiting circus had my head spinning, for sure.  Kudos to you both (and your kids) for getting through it.

Yeah....appreciate the insight on this some of y'all have shared.  As mentioned a while back, we've worked with the refugee kiddo over who we have some partial guardianship (long story, only a partial legal relationship, mostly to help him out where his natural mother can't be helpful).  He's something of a talented soccer player -- he ain't Messi, but he's good enough to get some college looks.

It looks like he's down to Huston Tillotson, which has offered him a spot on the team, and a full ride, and UIW, which has offered him a "preferred walk-on" roll and....not a full ride. 

He's almost certainly not going to play pro soccer anywhere, but he likely does want to focus on training/kinesiology as a career.  SO, we very much want him to get a degree.  ANY degree, would be the first ever for his family.  Challenge: he REALLY wants UIW, but there's a price tag.  And while we are willing to help...we didn't plan to put a third kid through college.  We will be talking to a friend of ours in admin at UIW to see if there's any path to defraying costs more, but....any thoughts on those paths, and soccer options?  Academically and life-choice wise, we think UIW might be better too (it would be good for him to go to a new city, have a small bit of distance from his mom and brother, but on the other hand, not too far and not too much separation).  But....a full ride to HT is nothing to sneeze at.  And I have great respect for HT as an institution, they are sound and well-funded (just got a huge new gift).  So, things to think about.

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3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Yeah....appreciate the insight on this some of y'all have shared.  As mentioned a while back, we've worked with the refugee kiddo over who we have some partial guardianship (long story, only a partial legal relationship, mostly to help him out where his natural mother can't be helpful).  He's something of a talented soccer player -- he ain't Messi, but he's good enough to get some college looks.

It looks like he's down to Huston Tillotson, which has offered him a spot on the team, and a full ride, and UIW, which has offered him a "preferred walk-on" roll and....not a full ride. 

He's almost certainly not going to play pro soccer anywhere, but he likely does want to focus on training/kinesiology as a career.  SO, we very much want him to get a degree.  ANY degree, would be the first ever for his family.  Challenge: he REALLY wants UIW, but there's a price tag.  And while we are willing to help...we didn't plan to put a third kid through college.  We will be talking to a friend of ours in admin at UIW to see if there's any path to defraying costs more, but....any thoughts on those paths, and soccer options?  Academically and life-choice wise, we think UIW might be better too (it would be good for him to go to a new city, have a small bit of distance from his mom and brother, but on the other hand, not too far and not too much separation).  But....a full ride to HT is nothing to sneeze at.  And I have great respect for HT as an institution, they are sound and well-funded (just got a huge new gift).  So, things to think about.

Tell him to take the money and keep his ear to the tracks. Put down some good tape and wait for interest at better programs. 

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17 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

Yeah, I heard soccer was pretty bad. 

The whole recruiting process is a shitshow in general. These poor kids are on such an emotional rollercoaster. June 15th and kids are on pins and needles hoping to get calls. Then you get calls and these schools don't have the balls to tell you they took another kid higher on the list than you. My daughter was being recruited by Wake Forest. They were looking for an outside hitter. They had been watching her for two years. They showed up at triple crown, and their coach was even videoing her in the huddle. So they were pretty serious. They ended up taking 25 recruit Bailey Warren(DT for the Patriots and aggy Ty Warren's daughter), a kid who plays for a rival of my daughter's high school. They didn't have the decency to even let my kid know they went in a different direction. Bailey is a phenomenal athlete, far better than my kid, but to ghost us? So then Bailey flips to Baylor . I laughed. They got what they deserved. That's what these schools do to kids. No texts back No emails back. No calls back once they decide.

Several schools were after my kid and we coached her to let them know she was looking elsewhere if she didn't like them. We also told her she isn't Cardale Jones, we definitely came to play school. So go to the best school you can, fuck a volleyball ranking. She is a good little player, a little undersized, but a good leaper, and an extremely powerful hitter. She is strong. At 14 she put up 150 on the weight bench and 220 on the squat rack. Had to tell the strength coach to cut that shit out! There are a ton of great schools in the NE that aren't going to wow you in volleyball but are academically strong. She chose that route. So now she is a big fish in a little pond, and that's okay. It's already served her well, because not only are they not going to be trying to recruit over you as soon as you hit campus, but they didn't even drop you after you tore your ACL just prior to national signing day. 

That's exactly what we did.  Try not to reveal too much, but it's a small, academically robust school.  Same thing.  Big fish in a smaller pond.  She doesn't have delusions of playing pro, but still loves the game and has used to it to get into a school that otherwise would be very difficult to get in to.  

Another thing at the larger school girls/athletes in general don't always consider is your major.  Labs and games don't mix.  Pre med?  Veterinary medicine?  Engineering, etc?  yeah.  No......

That was our first question.  She wants to go pre-med.  Don't tell us what we want to hear.  Give us the names of a few players on the team that are pre-med and can we meet them and get their candid feedback on the balance.  On the overnight coach put her with a few, and after shopping, tours, etc the girls were like..."we have to study".

Ironically, that was what sealed the deal.  

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