Posts Tagged “Parenting As Child Exploitation”
Yesterday was Veteran’s Day. This is a federal holiday, a day off. Both schools were off. Public schools had the day off as well as the kids’ school. This meant everybody would be home and we could enjoy a day off together. Maybe we would get to do something fun. First there were the orthodontist…
Walking home from… whatever errand we were doing, I looked at a house for sale a block away from our house. Well, looked at it as much as I could while walking past it pushing a stroller. Xavier said “I like that house. When I grow up I am going to buy that house and…
A few days ago I posted this picture of the kids working on their pumpkins. Here are the final results. August carved his own pumpkin – completely. I wound up carving out the others, as you would expect. Thankfully the kids helped with the scooping out and cleanup (and general direction of what they wanted…
“Mummies are the original zombies. Just wrapped up in toilet paper.” – Ciárán This year was somewhat excruciating with regards to getting the kids costumed up for Halloween. August knew what he wanted, thankfully. He plans on being the 9th Doctor from “Doctor Who” which didn’t take much. We purchased an appropriate Sonic Screwdriver, August…
We all want to be the hero. In one way or another, each and every one of us would love to swoop in and save the day. It can even be as simple as pointing out to somebody they need to zip up the fly on their pants before going in to a big presentation…
“Dad, I”m cold.” You can guess where this is going. I walk over, extend my hand and he takes it. As I shake his hand I say “Hi, Cold. I’m Dad.” He smiles for a second then it quickly melts into a frown. I chuckle and Xavier gets further upset. “That wasn’t very nice.” “Oh,…
This year August and Déla have decided to join band. August is taking the trombone with Déla picking up the flute. Since August is in 6th grade now there’s a lot more stuff to carry back and forth to school. Here is how August travels to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Aren’t these two cute? Last Friday…
Tevye is 17 months old now. He’s cute, but like pretty much every child of that age he is quite a handful. What helps me keep my sanity, which in turn helps keep him alive, is the fact he is a pretty good sleeper. He goes to bed at an early hour and stays down…
Things just sort of gt out of hand last week and I wound up not getting around to posting my usual Friday pictures last week. There are quite a few to jump into. A couple of weekends ago there was another cross country meet. This featured, once again, the whole of the school. And some…
Want to know my secret to making dinner and having the kids eat it? Social media is full of parents expressing their frustration at cooking dinner only to have their children not eat. And I understand this dilemma. It can be difficult to schedule a time to get the whole family together to sit…