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Nobody is consistently on-time for preschool drop off and pick up. How do I know this? I’m the only one there. Nobody seems to think it is important to be consistent to drop off and pick up their child on time from preschool. Every day I get there on time, a few minutes early, and…
This was one of the prompts from the official NaBloPoMo headquarters to use. While I am not really needing the prompts as I currently have about 7 or 8 posts in my drafts folders (though some are no more than a headline, at least the idea is there), I saw this one and thought immediately…
When I was in the Army (shocking revelation to many) from 1985 – 1989 I spent most of that period stationed in the Monterey Bay area. There were a couple of record stores I would frequent in these musically formative years, but perhaps none other as influential as Lighthouse Records. On Lighthouse Avenue, the main…
Last week I posted briefly, a sort of snapshot – literally and figuratively, about our trip to Massachusetts last summer. Today I’m going to do the same thing. We had rented a house in Salem for 2 weeks and took the red-eye out. The kids were of course exhausted by the time we got there,…
1. My favorite character from the entire Harry Potter franchise is Neville Longbottom. He is the most underrated character in the franchise, the most loyal and brave – in many ways even braver than Harry. He is perseverance and determination personified. And if you had been paying attention the prophecy could have been about him….
I don’t remember exactly which day it was, but Ciaran asked if he could hold Tevye. We knew it wouldn’t be very successful, but Ciaran certainly tried his best and was able to hold him for a moment. Then Tevye started slipping. Of course my initial reaction is to take a picture rather than rush…
Chances are you missed this post a while back about “how we do it” with regards to the children’s schedule. Things have changed in the three years since then, and “how we do it” has changed as well. Not only do we have another child, the other kids are older and their needs and activities…
The post idea I had for today sounded good in my head, then as I began typing it out it sounded more and more dumb. I couldn’t drag it out to a full post and there wasn’t any interesting angle to spin. Essentially it was about going to the store to get my daughter some…
I was walking Xavier to preschool when he said “When you pick me up and August and Dela and Ciaran we should go to the park with the stones you can read to me.” It took me a minute, but eventually I asked him “Like when we were in Salem?” “Yeah!” “That was a graveyard.”…