Cliche of cliches

Now I understand what all the other parents were talking about. You've heard it before..."they grow up soooo fast!" and "time flies when you're having fun." It's what comes out of every, every, parents mouth when talking about their kids and how one minute the babies are tiny little precious angels going home for the first time...and the next minute they're asking for the keys to the car for a date, then you're asking, "what the heck is that stain?!?!" the morning after!

I prefer to be more specific though when uttering these words because, duh, we all know time flies when when we're having fun. But in the case of kids and daddyhood, it's like this:

• Time flies when you're changing a 5lb diaper loaded to the hilt.

• Time flies when you're sleep deprived and the idea of sleeping in is 7am.

• Time flies when you're cheering your lungs out at a soccer game and he just did The Faceplant of Faceplants!

• Time flies when you're rolling in the minivan and the tuner-car fanboy gives you props.

• Time flies when you start the morning at 5am and you still get to work late!

• Time flies when that perfectly pressed shirt is tatoo'd with spit up and snot.

• Time flies when the grandparents decide to give the kids their own haircut because you haven't made an appointment after several mentions. What ensues is the classic bowl cut.

• Time flies when a perpetual cold and flu strikes everyone in the clan.

• Time flies when a "quickie" means a glance, a smile, and a pat on the ass.

• Time flies when you're judging other dads at the mall playground area.

• And time flies when your 6yr old son is hitting on the Target checkout girl...telling her to come over later...

So it's true...fo sho! Time does in fact fly when we're having this much FUNNNNNNNN! Share me some of your fun...