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Matt Bateman@mbateman• 4 months ago

2yo approaches ocean for first time in his memory. Freezes. me: Is it scary? 2yo: It’s beautiful Sits in my lap for *45 minutes* silently staring. Reverie broken by gulls landing nearby. 2yo: Ducks! me: No, seagulls 2yo: Oh! For the rest of the day he calls them peacocks. https://t.co/yLjEnkPCn4

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Matt Bateman@mbateman• 4 months ago

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How can you not love kids? I’ll remember this for the rest of my life

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Matt Bateman@mbateman• 4 months ago

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Another story. This morning he walked by a family with a 2 or 3yo girl and pointed to a seagull and said “Peacock!” and she said “Nooo, that’s an eagle.” Then he walked off. The end.

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johnny v5@generativist• 4 months ago

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@mbateman this little man

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rachel (aka “x’s venus”)@rachelclif• 4 months ago

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@mbateman 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

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N8 Programs@N8Programs• 4 months ago

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@mbateman Bro is training the classifier

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William@unsoldwill• 4 months ago

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@mbateman Hard to put times like these into the balance tray against which the childfree have piled their objections. But parents know these outweigh their concerns

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Remi@rfuzzlemuzz• 4 months ago

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@mbateman I love this age. So adorable.

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Chris@ChrisXFRA• 4 months ago

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@mbateman 45 minutes is like eternity for a toddler, must have been awesome!

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Matt Bateman@mbateman• 4 months ago

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@ChrisXFRA It was, he was hypnotized Possibly relevant that he had been up since 4am and on airplanes and he was just out of sorts. But for whatever reason sitting on my lap and watching the waves made him completely content

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Dorzacht@dorzacht• 4 months ago

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@mbateman I hope you guys have more kids. 😊

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Chozang@ChozangNoyb• 4 months ago

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@mbateman There is something primordial about looking at the ocean.

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Michael J South@renegademormon• 4 months ago

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@mbateman It's good that he was able to find a middle ground on the bird species debate. Pretty advanced for someone that young.

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🌷🐰 sonya serendipitously 🐇🎀@sonyasupposedly• 4 months ago

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@mbateman the allure of duck is universal....... https://t.co/2QbbRfaOLZ

Dr. Dad, PhD 🔄🔼◀️🔽▶️@GarrettPetersen• 4 months ago

1.9yo: "Paddleboarding." Mommy: "Did you hold on tight?" 1.9yo: "I hold on. I don't fall in the water. There fishies in the water. And duck. I catch the duck. In my hand." Mommy: "What would you do with the duck?" 1.9yo: "I have duck. In hand."

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Tim Höfer@timhoefer• 4 months ago

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@mbateman Moments like this one have given me so much joy.

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Space Pirate@as_per_ushe• 4 months ago

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@mbateman One of the wonders of the solar system. The Io flux tube, the rings of Saturn, the ocean of Earth.

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Subaxiomat@subaxiomat• 4 months ago

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@mbateman Life is amazing. I wish I could read it again for the first time

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tumacius@tumacius• 4 months ago

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@mbateman My little guy just freaked out out about sand and didn’t want to touch it for like 30 minutes lol

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🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼PALEOLITHIC AGE TUNA 🐟ALTUNA🐟 ALTINA@alt1na1• 3 months ago

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@mbateman @jeff82874662

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anthonny@drstevebool• 3 months ago

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@mbateman peacocks 🥺

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