Greetings from lotsa' cows, CA

#2

You’re never too old to start a new career Kirt! :smiley:

#3

Ah, the teacup is half-full. :smiley:

That’s what I told myself when I went to back to school at 30-somethingish.
I’m still trying … at least until the arthritis sets in and my loan for the walker gets approved by the bank. :drool:

[edit] Way too many smilies in my posts lately … I feel younger already! [/edit]

#4

Kirt,

Starting late has little to do with where you finish… I should know. :slight_smile:

Welcome aboard!

#5

How about this: Instead of a CGTalk award trophy, we’ll give you a CGTalk award zimmer frame.
That way, you get the best of both worlds. Don’t forget to put in your false teeth before you make your speech, though :smiley:

#6

Kirt, I had to check back here a couple of times… “did he say 6 kids? 6?!”
But I see it now, it’s 4 kids.

Home must be a happy and busy place “Honey, no, put down daddy’s spiderman doll…”

#7

I’d love to see a pic of your kids, Kirt! Maybe we could post pics of our kids (I have none yet myself but I love seeing pics of other peoples’) on this forum?

Do you have any, Marlon?

#8

I have 1, today exactly 3 months old.
He’s my best artwork :slight_smile:

#9

Cute age isn’t it? Did you name him mini-marlon? Or Baby Incredible?:smiley:

#10

Define “too old” :smiley: … heh and why on earth would you change your career? … thought we all LOVE what we are doing :beer:

#11

“Define too old” … hmmmm …

Chronologically I’m 38. Which is not “old” by any standard.
However, with each new child that I had I found that my “feeling” of age was exponentially increased some. My best figures suggest that the first kid added 2 years, the second added 4 years, the third added 8 years and the last one 16 years.

Generally I’m still 38 most of the time, but when one of my kids puts peanut butter in the VCR, shaves the dog, repaints the car (interior with crayons), eats a foriegn object found in a parking lot, does backflips off the sofa, or needs help with their homework (hehehhehe) I feel those additional years added.

Does math … 68 is “too old” for me. :smiley:

Seriously though … I’m a big baby. My wife takes care of us all pretty much and I just keep pretending like I know what’s going on and paying for emergency room visits. Life with kids is a daily adventure. Those who don’t have kids and are thinking of little additions to the family really don’t know how much it changes your life. Some good, some bad, but never ever again will you have what your life was like pre-kids.[ul][li]I used to listen to rock-n-roll … now I know the lyrics of the title song to “the Wiggles”.[]I don’t have a butt anymore … it’s now referred to as a “bottom”. :bottomrock:[]I’ve visited every public bathroom within a 100 mile radius of my home.[]At any given moment there are fewer Cheerios in the box than what is stuck between seat cushions of our house and vehicles.[]I’ve forgotten how to make complete sentences while speaking (“Don’t touch …”, “What are you …”, “Give that …”, “Don’t eat …”, etc. is usually interupted by a desperate action to stop them from doing something that will hurt themselves - or others).[*]If you think a child won’t put something into one of his/her orafices, think again (Dr. extractions are about $90 a pop here in California).[/ul]
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Yeah … 38 years “young” by anyone else’s standards. :thumbsup:

Pufferfish - I work at a bank’s data center. That’s why I’d like to change careers.
paperclip - I’m a little cautious about posting images of my kids on the net. But I do have this one of Jake when he was born. Imagine him 16 months older …

Art2 - … will soon know all about what I’ve said above. :smiley:

#12

He already looks like his dad! I remember your pic from somewhere else on this forum…

I know what you mean about the kids-- I lived with my brother for 6 months and they have 2 little boys (3 and 2 years old)… that was when I found out that cheerios rule not because they taste good, but because if they get stuck in the throat, they still have that little ‘o’ to breathe through…
Recently the oldest one got his private parts stuck in his zipper. Cue a visit to the emergency room, where he had to have general anaesthetic in order to be unzipped. His parents went with him, I looked after the other one at home…and then tommy came home, acting like he’d just been to a birthday party! ‘I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL! IT WAS COOL!’
Brendan wants to go to the hospital now…:smiley:
I can’t wait to have my own. I know it’ll be a lot of work but they’re great!

#13

Those kiddie songs won’t leave my head… they’re driving me nuts :scream:!

He’s 3 months old and he has this favorite song, it goes like this (roughly translated):
“2 violins and a bass (3x), and a fiddlestick with no hair” … and this line repeated for 3 minutes :eek:.

Other than that, there’s finally someone in the house I can do fart-games with. Yeah!

#14

Hey Kurt, SteveV here from the daily Sketch forums, man you are a breeder! We could use your kind down here in Australia where the birth rate is dropping… they’ll even pay you $3000 dollars to have another kid, maybe even more now.

#15

SteveV - I should have moved to Australia. Although $3000 isn’t much considering the price of diapers and baby food for the first 3 years. :hmm:

Art2 - Teach them obscure/psychotic catch phrases that they can repeat in public places. Hahahahahah![ul][]“I’d kill for a shot of Kool-Aid right about now.”[]“I love the smell of A&D ointment in the morning.”[]“Diapers? We don’t need no stinkin diapers!”[]“My Mom is lactation intolerant.”[*]“I’m the mini-man of the mini-van! Hooyaa!”[/ul]

#16

I’m afraid that won’t be necessary, 'cos they’ll make em up the moment they can speak :argh:
Our little niece stayed with us for a little while when she was 3…
In the middel of a crowded fastfood establishment she loudly and clearly said:
“I know you sleep without pyjama’s… I think that’s funny, 'cos you are sleeping naked. Hihihi” :surprised:argh::blush:
Well, after that I send my wife to buy me some pyjama’s. And I never slept in my boxershorts again…

#17

Bwahahahha! That’s great. My nephew has said some corkers while we’ve been out and about. :smiley:

#18

I remember your childrens contribution to childs week on DSG - wonderful (not to mention your great topics).

Man you really summarized parenthood, funny but sooo true :thumbsup:

I spent 15 years as a software developer ( building large business applications - ugh!!! ) - it kinda makes you feel like Z in ANTZ - (before he became famous)

I am 50 and still searching for my own ‘insectopia’

Gord

#19

hey kirt! great to see you aboard. and there i was thinking i was too old at 23! keep it up

#20

Wow, nice SSS!

You wanna talk about old, I once had a 286 and ran 3DS in DOS.
You go daddy O!

-Shea

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