grub's Journal: Star Trek meets Candyland

The other day my family was playing Candyland. Our daughter was getting into it so I started playing some classic Star Trek fight music.
The music ends just as she advances to GLORIOUS VICTORY!

YouTube video here

It's awesome, not that I'm biased... :)

Forgot to mention...

[grub]

... listen for her humming the tune as she CRUSHES her mother in the game.

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[somersault]

heh heh :) I wonder how much chance she has of being under 50% geeky when she grows up?

Awesome

[PopeRatzo]

Man, I remember when my daughter was that age. Now she's 20 and in the next room working on partial differential equations in advance of her finals. But every time I see her, I still see her at your daughter's age. When I dream at night, my wife is always the age she is now, my friends are the age they are now, but for some reason, my daughter is still like 5 or 6.

Please, absorb every single moment with her and put it in a place in your brain where only the most valuable treasures go. Not wanting to sou

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[grub]

Not to worry, I love this stage of her life; warts and all. :)

We started a family a bit late (I'll be 45 on xmas eve) and my daughter is ~4.5

It's a good thing we waited, too, I was an asshole when I was younger. I'm much more mellow now :)

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[PopeRatzo]

It's a good thing we waited, too, I was an asshole when I was younger.

I can relate. But really, nobody's ever really completely ready for kids. They show up one day and you either become a dad or you don't. Life changes in a way for which you cannot prepare.

Enjoy the holidays, grub.