Passing the Torch...

[mrrocknroll]

Originally posted by MPJ
Well I done gone and ruined the Dad moments when I dealt with my middle child (daughter, 4 yrs) today. She wanted her obligatory good bye hug and kiss when I went to work but she was eating a Popsicle (very sticky fingers) and when she went to hug me I jerked back exclaiming \"Don\'t touch me!\" (was wearing a suit)... This of course made the saddest looking face I\'ve ever seen her make with a 5 second delay before the tears started streaming. Talk about feeling like the biggest arse on the planet. Felt so bad in fact that I only went to work for 2 hours before skipping off the rest of the day to take her to the Discovery Center (local science type museum thingie) for the afternoon.

As for upcoming movies... My kids aren\'t really into movies that much. And other being two of the smallest HUGE He-Man fans (yes, the old He-Man TV series) they watch few DVDs, preferring mainly to stick to kid tv shows. I on the other hand am anxiously awaiting many of the flicks to come out, especially Ironman.

Now what I really can\'t wait for is my kids to be old enough for that LEGO Mindstorm stuff. That programmable LEGO really blows my mind in how cool it is.

My boy did paint his first mini last week, a space marine. I\'d post it for voting but I don\'t want him to get discouraged by being flamed, which I figure would happen even if I put a \"Painted by 7 yr old\" in the description.

I did that last week when my little cousin came round mine for dinner, she\'s 7 years old and very energetic, i tried to slip off for 30 mins to do some priming, half way in to the spray she managed to sneak in to my garage without me noticing. I literally turned for a split second to open the door slightly, when i turned back she was about to grab a wet painted model. I Yelled similar to you \"DON\'T TOUCH THAT!\" and made her cry lucky I had a bar of chocolate, that an a hug and she was back to her happy self.

Good work with making your kids He-Man fans!!

As for your lads model, post it anyway but not on the voting page if you fear flames, though I honestly doubt that anyone would wanna hurt a 7 year olds feelings.