- I’m a pretty simple parent. I really only have two rules. First, that which I say do, I expect my children to do. Second, that which I tell my children to not do, I expect them to not do. Is that too much to ask?
- Took the family to the state fair. Yeah, I need to have my head checked.
- Costs for the day, not including incidental purchases:
- Entrance for the adults and teenagers – $50
- Entrance for Boo – $6
- Parking – $8
- Food – $60
- Not sure how so many people can afford this.
- I was specifically forbidden from coming home with more animals than we left with.
- No, I was not allowed to substitute a child for another animal.
- Yes, I asked.
- Yes, she checked.
- The FBI, TSA, and ATF had booths set up next to the state and city police booths.
- The FBI, and TSA booth had people talking to them, but the ATF booth was about as popular as the HS Precision booth at the NRA convention.
- TSA had a static display of what they consider dangerous explosives, including cans of Goex and IMR powders. The lady working there couldn’t explain why they were included with dynamite and det cord.
- Irish Woman was unaware there were so many breeds of cows and doves.
- I wasn’t aware there were rabbits the size of cocker spaniels.
- Am I wrong for asking if they judged the bunnies for taste?
- Someone needs to tell the local bands that playing 20-year-old Top 40 hits by Nirvana and Green Day doesn’t make them edgy and controversial.
- We didn’t try any of the deep-fried delicacies. Yes, I know it’s tradition, but my arteries started to hurt just from the smell of the food booths.
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Posted by daddybear71 on August 18, 2012
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DaddyBear
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/ August 19, 2012I’m a pretty simple parent. I really only have two rules. First, that which I say do, I expect my children to do. Second, that which I tell my children to not do, I expect them to not do. Is that too much to ask?
My parents had two rules:
1) Be considerate.
2) Don’t even consider it.
Most of my teenage years fell under category 2).
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Auntie J
/ August 19, 2012Our parenting rules fall under guidelines for US, actually:
1) Sometimes it’s better not to watch.
2) Don’t ask questions you don’t want to know the answers to.
3) Everything washes.
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daddybear71
/ August 19, 2012Very wise.
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