We had an art show.

October 18, 2011 |  by  |  18-24 Months, Ava, DAD VS. DOG  |  6 Comments

Since you missed it, I’ll give you the review, get you caught up.  This particular gallery popped up in my living room on a Friday morning.

The woman behind this first piece is a budding young artiste, Ava, who is about to turn 2.  Her mediums range from crayons and markers to urine and feces.  She likes to call this piece ‘orange you so mad?’, and dedicated it to her father.  The was done from a single orange Crayola crayon, pulled blindly from a 2011 box of 64.

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DAD VS. DOG #3

March 4, 2011 |  by  |  Awkward Moments, DAD VS. DOG  |  No Comments

ME: Get up already, I’m on a schedule.  You need to go outside and dump out before Mom leaves for work.

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DAD VS. DOG #2

August 24, 2010 |  by  |  DAD VS. DOG  |  1 Comment

Another shootout at infant corral.

COOPER: I’ll wait until he’s got his hands full feeding that dumb baby and then make my move.

ME: Keep it up asshole.

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DAD VS. DOG #1

August 11, 2010 |  by  |  DAD VS. DOG  |  2 Comments

A lot of people think that getting a dog before you have kids is a great move.  Canines certainly aren’t as complicated as infants, but they do force you to understand what it might be like to have someone depend on you and the responsibility of keeping them alive.

The upside is love and companionship.  The downside is being an attention whore and stealing your kid’s toys.  Young Cooper decides that stealing Sophie the Giraffe and a purple sucker might draw attention to him on the balcony.

He was right.  It got him his own blog category.

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