…double hairstyling duty. I often struggle with this because, “Daddy! What are you doing?!? My hair looks crazy like that! You’re not doing it right!” Drama.
...there will ALWAYS be fashion issues. Simply getting up in the morning and getting dressed is never going to happen. Picking out clothes and shoes will always been an event. An epic one.
…everything is a competition. I am sure this happens with boys too, but with far less drama and tears.
…that at this age, everything has to be pink or purple. I swear it looks like some Oompa Loompas threw up in their closets. Pink and purple stuff everywhere.
…that one day they will be dating. I’m not sure how I will handle this. Extensive background checks and the purchase of a sniper rifle might remedy this. Look out boys. I still have my jungle and desert cami’s from my military days. And they still fit…well.
…that one day they may eventually get married. This means I will have to flip the bill for two weddings. Retirement? What the hell is that?
… double the amount of love and kisses I get from them.
Having two daughters is not so bad after all.
March 28th, 2010 on 4:19 am
Having two daughters will certainly put you through your paces, but the rewards that come along with it are the greatest treasure you could ever wish for.
March 28th, 2010 on 6:15 am
I’ve got twin daughters, now out of college. I totally get it. And you’re right, life will never be the same. There will likely be much pink and purple in your life over the next, oh, decade or two. And the love and kisses make it all worth it.
March 28th, 2010 on 11:06 am
Two daughters, let me add this. Two first car dates to deal with. At least 2 proms per daughter = 4 proms total and it AIN’T cheap (in addition to 2 weddings–OUCH). Let’s not forget TWO in college, TWO kids on your insurance (at least here having girls is cheaprer) and TWO cars. Should I go on?
I miss the hugs and kisses. Tween boys are SO over that now.l
Hugs, Lisa (LadyWanderlust)
March 28th, 2010 on 6:02 pm
The Oompa-Loompa-vomit image had me laughing. As for hair, you don’t have to be a dad to mess that one up. No matter what I do to my five-year-old’s hair, she looks vaguely homeless within ten minutes. It might be an apple-not-falling-far-from-the-tree thing.
As for the hugs, yup, makes most of it very very worthwhile.
March 29th, 2010 on 6:06 am
A friend of ours recently gave us an enormous shopping bag of baby girl clothes. Half of the closet in my son’s room is now pink. The realization is finally setting in for me. Maybe they’ll offer two for one deals on those sniper rifles.
March 30th, 2010 on 4:06 pm
I can relate to everything here…I won’t even touch my daughter’s hair. I only forsee disaster. And possibly therapy.
In the meantime, I’m just trying to make sure I don’t mess things up for now…no matter what I do, I am sure she’ll fight me by the time she hits her teens.
March 31st, 2010 on 9:47 pm
I can completely relate to this except throw in one more for good measure. My girls are amazing I would not trade them for the world yet everything you said is just like living at our house.
The hair bands…everywhere
The drama every morning when one of the three cannot find the perfect outfit or the ever dreaded day that someone wears the others clothes.
The drama and bickering as I keep telling them that one day when they are older they really will be best friends.
Yet the love, hugs, poems and kisses I receive remind me often how truly blessed I am to have them. I only had a brother growing up and feel blessed to raise three daughters.
Keep up the great work sounds like you are a great dad to the pair.
LB
April 6th, 2010 on 2:01 pm
We have 7 children, 4 boys and and 3 girls…and let me tell you. It’s so much easier to leave the house with boys. My oldest daughter has to have her “poochie,” not to be mistaken for gucci. It’s a purse that holds her toy puppy inside. My middle daughter has to have her pink glitter shoes on. It doesn’t matter if we can only find one, and really need to leave the house. She needs it. And the youngest daughter just turned one, so we still pack a diaper bag for her. Sigh….but it’s worth it:)
Hugs and Mocha,
Stesha
April 10th, 2010 on 6:28 pm
Dude….2 girls???….the 1 have have rules the house. The attitude, the emotional ups and downs, the bossiness, and so on and that goes for my daughter too!
You haven’t lived until you had a tea party with your daughter and all of her dolls and stuffed animals. Can I get an AMEN?
April 15th, 2010 on 4:01 pm
Babito must wear a baseball-related shirt EVERY day. This has been going on for months now, so it’s not just a girl thing.
April 16th, 2010 on 1:04 pm
WOW! thanks for sharing, I’ve often wondered what it’s like for dads. I have two girls and yes it about the same with the exception being the hair.
I take them to my sister’s hair salon, my patience are to short for what the little divas want done.
Keep doning what you’re doing and bee blessed!
April 18th, 2010 on 7:21 am
I have two boys and I have to say that each point on your list had me shaking my head saying, yup, yup, yup. And if you believe it, sometimes they even like pink and purple too! Great post!
June 28th, 2010 on 10:55 pm
I just have one daughter. Looking at possibly starting with a second kiddo here real soon. Hoping for a boy but won’t care one bit if we wind up with another girl because girls are incredible. Did you ever want a boy?