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Here are the kids eating breakfast yesterday morning: After breakfast my youngest son turned into The Shark Princess:
This blog post is directly inspired by this tweet: Sweet! Emma & I will be adding another state to the list next month. How many states and/or countries have you been in? — Britt Reints (@missbritt) April 24, 2013 This can sort of be seen as a companion to an earlier blog post…
I don’t celebrate Earth Day. Does that make me a jerk? Maybe, but I’m comfortable with what I do and who I am. Allow me to explain. To me, one day isn’t effective. I was in Fred Meyer this morning and they turned off some of the lights “in honor of Earth Day.” Why not…
It’s been a couple of weeks, I know, but nothing much has happened. Life is normal, so much so that as soon as Spring Break ended and the kids went back to school I took 2 of them to the doctor’s office that morning. Nothing serious, but it’s just life. Here’s a silly picture of…
I went to the post office to send a package, and came away with a deeper appreciation for a children’s program.
Let me start out by apologizing in advance. This post is not only going to be one of my lesser efforts, it isn’t anything close to what I wanted for you on this momentous day. I’m sorry I couldn’t offer you better. Originally I had planned on flying out to Spokane to see you and take you…
This week the kids were out of school. I tried to do something every day so they didn’t just spend all day in front of the television. Among the things we did are library and two trips to the optometrist to get Ciárán’s glasses fixed.
Unless you’re actively trying to not pay attention, you’re aware that baseball is back. My kids and I were looking forward to the new season and the possibilities that it holds for our local team. A few moves by the Seattle Mariners during the off season really seems to have invigorated the team. Only problem…
You would think 2013 would be potentially remembered as the year of Ireland. No, 2013 is going down as the year of dental work. It started at the tail end of last year. Just after Christmas Kyle had all four of his wisdom teeth taken out. At once. Poor kid. Here he is…