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Fred "Doom" Dummar's avatar

Ice cream for breakfast. I get that request every morning. They believe I will crack. I won't.

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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani's avatar

haha never surrender! This brick don't move for no one!

As I once asked my son, "Where do you think you get your stubbornness from, pal?"

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Cory Checketts's avatar

Smart kid. They know how to pick apart what we say with surgical precision.

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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani's avatar

we're no match for their wits

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Cory Checketts's avatar

Isn’t that the truth!

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Sam Vicari's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing, Michael! My daughter is a year and a half now, and it's so thrilling to get those first words of communication from my best little friend ("Hello! Uh oh! Buh bye!"). I just can't wait to talk to her.

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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani's avatar

it's never not amazing. from first words and sentences to them being able to process complex problems and concepts to full-on conversations. I can't wait to see what comes next

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