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My house is like the Marinovich project. Not only is he on a club team already he gets private training twice a week on top of it. He runs nonstop.

I’m talking about when winter hits, there is ice outside, and I’m trapped inside with this maniac
Those were actually some of my favorite times. Build blanket forts, play pirates or cowboys and indians (cancelled!), hide & seek, read to him, watch sports with him, build with legos, make movies together (have him write the script), etc.

I'd still make him nap, though. Don't lose that precious time!
 
My house is like the Marinovich project. Not only is he on a club team already he gets private training twice a week on top of it. He runs nonstop.

I’m talking about when winter hits, there is ice outside, and I’m trapped inside with this maniac

Futsal leagues! He can handle it!

But, seriously, I get it. The next couple of months are going to be a parental nightmare.
 
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Those were actually some of my favorite times. Build blanket forts, play pirates or cowboys and indians (cancelled!), hide & seek, read to him, watch sports with him, build with legos, make movies together (have him write the script), etc.

I'd still make him nap, though. Don't lose that precious time!

Those were the days. I had suction cup arrows to launch with my bow, cap guns, a tomahawk, indian headress, cowboy hat...

I did find they still have some Cowboys and Indians and Army figures on Amazon and got a bucket of each of my middle kid. He likes them actually and used them for a while.

 
Army men were the best growing up. My dad would get so pissed: I'd have the entire basement floor covered with a giant battle of green v. gray, and of course Navarone with its cannons on top in the back.



 
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He’s at the point where naps are coming to an end. That’s 3 hours of bliss that’ll have to be filled

shopping
shopping


If that doesn't work, then this mixed with some juice:

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I had an amazing Lionel train. Real deal. The huge cars. My rotten aunt asked if she could borrow it for her kids. I said of course. Pulled it from the attic.

She sold it
I sold mine when I went to college and bought a stereo tape deck with the dough. Reel to reel stereo tapes were blasting in my college room all the time.

Bought another American Flyer about 25 years ago. Set it up every Christmas around the tree.
 
No video games. I’ll go with the board. I probably need a gf. Someone to help. Daughter is now totally useless.
Get him a good baseball glove. Hit grounders to him until your hands are bleeding. Take him to a batting cage a pitch to him from behind a screen. Plunk him a couple of times so he’ll get used to it and won’t be a baby at the plate. Teach him the real and ultimate American sport.
 
Get him a good baseball glove. Hit grounders to him until your hands are bleeding. Take him to a batting cage a pitch to him from behind a screen. Plunk him a couple of times so he’ll get used to it and won’t be a baby at the plate. Teach him the real and ultimate American sport.
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I always wanted the big train set but never had the space or the time and eventually grew out of it. Now, I watch Youtube videos about these crazy ****ers and their ridiculous setups. I'll only have that kind of time again in retirement but, by then, I won't be able to see shit.
 
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I think someone already said Magna Tiles. Highly recommend. My kids loved them and we passed ours down to a friends little boy. He loves them too.
 
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I always wanted the big train set but never had the space or the time and eventually grew out of it. Now, I watch Youtube videos about these crazy ****ers and their ridiculous setups. I'll only have that kind of time again in retirement but, by then, I won't be able to see shit.
Let’s be honest here. At this point we would just use it to serve drinks.
 
I always wanted the big train set but never had the space or the time and eventually grew out of it. Now, I watch Youtube videos about these crazy ****ers and their ridiculous setups. I'll only have that kind of time again in retirement but, by then, I won't be able to see shit.
I took my minion to the train show last year. Men dressed like conductors. Insanely elaborate sets. Working tornados and shit. My minion. I play with that? I play with that? Total disaster
 
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I always wanted the big train set but never had the space or the time and eventually grew out of it. Now, I watch Youtube videos about these crazy ****ers and their ridiculous setups. I'll only have that kind of time again in retirement but, by then, I won't be able to see shit.
I’d love to go to Hamburg to see this, but I won’t make it.



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