Daddy Day Care thread

[ferniesnow]

Snow is pretty marginal here...atleast was able to get a last blast on the rink and in the snow this weekend.

Nice rink Geoff. A lot of hours building and playing!

 

[Rotax_Kid]

Nice rink Geoff. A lot of hours building and playing!

If they didn't use it I'd probably be a bit grumpy about it, but they've been on it 72 days this year!

It's a bit of a disease though...no different than having attachments for a compact tractor...I've built a flooding tool, net movers for the kids, added more lights this year and now found/bought a edger to plane high spots on the ice. In a very weird way, making good ice is a bit addicting. Would like to make the rink a bit longer next year but it's a bit of a balancing act - longer it goes, the slope of the yard plays against me. As it sits, one end has 3.5in of ice while the other has 17in.

 

[ferniesnow]

If they didn't use it I'd probably be a bit grumpy about it, but they've been on it 72 days this year!

It's a bit of a disease though...no different than having attachments for a compact tractor...I've built a flooding tool, net movers for the kids, added more lights this year and now found/bought a edger to plane high spots on the ice. In a very weird way, making good ice is a bit addicting. Would like to make the rink a bit longer next year but it's a bit of a balancing act - longer it goes, the slope of the yard plays against me. As it sits, one end has 3.5in of ice while the other has 17in.

Right up your alley and all. Solving an engineering challenge is somewhat second nature isn't it?

 

[Rotax_Kid]

Right up your alley and all. Solving an engineering challenge is somewhat second nature isn't it?

Technically yes, but its usually counterproductive when you're the one who makes the problems isn't it?

 

[tejay]

Should have time in the next while to contour the yard to accommodate the rink.

 

[arff]

I will share my secret recipe for drumsticks too.

Chicken has been in since 9 am

On the Treager in 1/2 hr.

Thanks

 

[everest8]

Yrs ago I picked up a fridge cardboard box etc. cut some windows/doors and let the kids paint. How about show you child how to maintain a sled/quad/car etc. heck do an oil change. hide something and give clues aka treasure hunt. Show them how to cook. play a piano/guitar etc. and teach. get outside and play. show kids how to wreck things that are going to the dump. heck i tossed an old washer and could have let the kids beat it with a hammer etc. Enjoy the day.

 

[niner]

Yrs ago I picked up a fridge cardboard box etc. cut some windows/doors and let the kids paint. How about show you child how to maintain a sled/quad/car etc. heck do an oil change. hide something and give clues aka treasure hunt. Show them how to cook. play a piano/guitar etc. and teach. get outside and play. show kids how to wreck things that are going to the dump. heck i tossed an old washer and could have let the kids beat it with a hammer etc. Enjoy the day.

When I was 10 my dad brought home a old bailer from a auction. My brother and I spent all summer taking it apart and sorting the bolts for his bolt bin. Learn a lot doing projects like this and problem solving.

 

[Ronaha]

love spring riding,just did a 3 county run an my 12 year old complains less then some 40 year olds hahaha!

 

[arff]

No kids at home but put this on sidewalk for grandkids to see on FaceTime

 

[Ronaha]

No kids at home but put this on sidewalk for grandkids to see on FaceTime
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Looks like your putn out some bad dads bacon fire haha!

 

[Beer Slayer]

Are you suggesting that Niner is your dad?

ummm no lmao. I'll see what I can find with moms hand writing.

 

[S.W.A.T.]

So far them chemistry lab is in full swing, 40L of rum and 20L of whiskey currently fermenting.

 

[niner]

Shop class today.

 

[tejay]

Nice birdhouses, just in time for spring nesting

 

[Bernoff]

Looks like they like shop class and the teacher. LOL

 

[ferniesnow]

Looks like they like shop class and the teacher. LOL

I'd say shop class and having their picture taken!!

 

[Beer Slayer]

very cool!

That was a long time ago with ours...

Ever use shrink tube on the screw?

 

[Rotax_Kid]

Shop class today.

Picture 2 - what is the bike against garage door?? Looks cool

 

[niner]

Picture 2 - what is the bike against garage door?? Looks cool

Its a bike I built so we can go hiking with my daughter. She has some health struggles and her hips are in rough shape. So I bought a fat bike for parts and came up with this. Pushes super easy and rides really smooth for her. Climbs over roots and rocks like there not even there.