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    25 Things Stay-At-Home Dads Get Excited About

    There are certain keys to making a full-time dad's day just that much better. I'm talking real, genuine, wild excitement. Being a stay-at-home dad is extremely rewarding. And also hilarious.

    Jeff Werkheiser
    by Jeff Werkheiser

    Community Contributor

    1. Discovering you have Mac n’ Cheese when you thought you didn’t

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    This also applies if you're in college.

    2. Catching fullback dives on camera

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    Sometimes you just have to go for it.

    3. Parking like a boss

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    All day.

    4. Getting an email from a human

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    I'm a human.

    5. Getting out of the house, to do something AWESOME

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    That elephant loves the hose.

    6. When friends come to visit

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    So, uh, I'm gonna go over here and do...other stuff. You got this?

    7. Automatic doors

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    Well, sometimes.

    8. FREE train tables

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    It’s like finding a pot of gold. Free, wooden gold.

    9. UPS dropping something off on OUR PORCH!!??

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    Yes, I can sign for the diapers.

    10. Career aspirations

    I had a suspicion that 'LinkedIn Member' was creepin'.

    11. Snow days.

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    And onesies.

    12. This scene.

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    So fresh, so clean.

    13. Stress-free playgrounds

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    Other, bigger kids are terrifying.

    14. Exotic animals

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    This only happens FIVE times a day.

    15. Play dates

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    Um.

    16. Options

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    This beautiful blank slate of opportunity. Make it count.

    17. Drive-thrus

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    Wait, so, I can get Subway here? And not get out of my car?

    18. Finding time to work out

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    Feel the burn.

    19. Magic erasers

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    That bald guy must have had a toddler.

    20. This menu

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    Oh toodles.

    21. Activities

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    Baseball indoors - ill advised.

    22. Your old, amazing, awesome toys

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    No one said you have to wear pants to be a bad-ass.

    23. This.

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    Empty. Empty. Empty. AND IT'S ALL PUT AWAY.

    24. How-to guides

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    Thank you, honey.

    25. Seeing other dads

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    And then we all bust out the double secret dad handshake.

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