Posts Tagged “2013 School Year”

Opening Day As A National Holiday? No Thank You!

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Opening Day As A National Holiday? No Thank You!

Happy Opening Day! Baseball season is here and fans everywhere are celebrating. Over the last couple of years there has been more and more of a push to have Opening Day set aside as a national holiday. Unfortunately I am in disagreement with my fellow fans of the sport in this regard. Let me explain….

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Phamily Foto Phriday 3-28-14

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Phamily Foto Phriday 3-28-14

My kids had last Friday off from school. Instead of a “mid-winter” break they had a 4 day weekend. The following Monday was off, but booked up with an orthodontist appointment (another post coming about that) but what was I going to do about Friday? We went to the Seattle Aquarium. This used to be…

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Phamily Foto Phriday (March Catch-up 3 Of 3)

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Phamily Foto Phriday (March Catch-up 3 Of 3)

Last one – and then tomorrow I’m back on track with a “regular” selection of pictures. Last week was “special friends” day at the kids’ school – at least for the pre-school and kindergarten and first grade. The higher grades had it earlier in the year. I sort of understand why they don’t have it…

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Phamily Foto Phriday (March Catch-up 2 Of 3)

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Phamily Foto Phriday (March Catch-up 2 Of 3)

Remember a few weeks ago when August went on a hike with his friend? The following weekend his troop went on a hike – and his friend came along as well.         Instead of snow there was rain. And plenty of it. We were ready for it. At the halfway mark (which…

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Phamily Foto Phriday (March Catch-up 1 of 3)

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Phamily Foto Phriday (March Catch-up 1 of 3)

Alright – so it’s been a crazy month. Here’s part of what I haven’t been able to spend the time to work on. The weekend before St. Patrick’s Day Déla participated with her dance studio in the St/ Patrick’s Day parade. Here she is lined up and waiting to go.   Of course it wasn’t…

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Where Did He Go?

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Where Did He Go?

I turned around and there he was – a head taller than I remember. Ciárán is at an awkward stage in so many ways. At 6 years old he is still very much a young kid. The other day he had a stuffed bear that attacked people with fluffiness to make them good. On the…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 2-28-14

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Phamily Foto Phriday 2-28-14

Earlier this week the kids were all ready for school a little early. What was there to do but have a puppet show? Well, it was more of a play with a bunch of toy cars. Yesterday I wrote up a bit about Cub Scout Winter Camp and what we did there. Wednesday was the…

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2014 Cub Scout Winter Camp

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2014 Cub Scout Winter Camp

I took August to Cub Scout Winter Camp again this year, and this time I was going in prepared. Since our minivan is getting to a point where it needs to be replaced and the Millennium Falcon is simply too big to take to where we were going, the decision was made to rent a…

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English Beat Live

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English Beat Live

  The English Beat played in Seattle Friday, and my experience was mixed. There were positives but also some negatives. I simply can’t say one way or the other as to my reaction, and that bothers me. Let me start at the beginning.   My wife found by chance a note the band would be…

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So Where Were We?

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Wow, where did last week go? I had a couple of posts planned on top of my (supposedly) usual Phamily Foto Phriday. Then Xavier got sick (and I mean *SICK*). Tuesday was a bit of a washout for me. The posts I was working on didn’t “click” into completion as I had hoped. Fine, I…

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