Posts Tagged “Parenting As Child Exploitation”
Saturday we came home from vacation and began unpacking. Part of reason we came back was to get ready for myself and August to leave for Boy Scout camp the next morning, but the primary reason for arriving home at the time we did was to take Déla to her birthday surprise. When it was announced…
We are currently out of town on vacation. I’ll be posting something about both our summer vacations later on, but here are some of the hilghlights from this week. And yes, a couple off these were posted to Facebook, so they may be familiar to a couple of you. First off we have my birthday…
As I type this we are on vacation. I should be relaxing, but I had this idea I wanted to put down before I forgot. Newer parents might be afraid to take their young children on a vacation but it can be done. Our first order of business is where to stay. And that’s important…
Happy birthday to me! This post isn’t about me though. August and Déla got new bikes. Here they are trying them out. Sometime over the last week Ciárán’s tube and connector toy got broken out. Things were built. Some quite large. Tuesday August got to ride on a Navy ship as it maneuvered from Everett to…
Another week and another entry that is coming in a little late. This time by only one day. Last week was all about Ciárán ‘s birthday, and this week was (almost) all about him being at Cub Scout day camp which I volunteered at. The week started out hot, so we got Slurpees. Ciárán used…
Yes, I know this is actually Sunday, but there wasn’t a heck of a lot going on last week until Friday. And then things just got… busy. Ciárán celebrated turning 8 on Tuesday. Friday morning we had a family photo shoot over at Manguson Park. Friday afternoon Ciárán had a birthday party, which is…
I had previously blogged about Ciárán’s reluctance to go back to a movie theater after having a horrible experience back in 2011. A year and a half ago he tried to overcome his fear and it did not go well. Since then more movies have come and gone and Ciárán has not shown any interest…
Another large batch of pictures to go over for the last week. At the beginning of this period, Friday of last week, the weather was still ridiculously hot. Here is Xavier and Dela enjoying what was at this point a daily Slurpee run. August, Ciaran and myself celebrated our nation’s indipendance by backstabbing each other…
After last month’s box, August’s first, had been such a success, I knew the next one wouldn’t be as much of a hit, though he would certainly enjoy it. The question was this month, to what degree would he like the stuff included. This month’s theme seemed to be 90s, starting with the t-shirt. Apparently…
Picking up from last week when we were in vacation here are me and the kids in a dune buggy in the Oregon Sand Dunes National Recreation Area. The following day, our final full day of our Oregon vacation we went down to Yaquina Head. There is a cool lighthouse and natural reserve with some…