Posts Tagged “Parenting As Child Exploitation”
Yesterday I decided to take the kids downtown. Laura is on the other side of the country with our good friend Marianne whose mother dies. That leaves me home alone with the five young kids. Rather than simply sit around the house all day I solicited ideas of what to do. Going to the aquarium…
It’s a vacation filled edition of my (supposedly) weekly post. These are only the highlights that I am showcasing for brevity. I’ll make more blog posts about the individual attractions as necessary next week when we get home. Sunday we started down and stopped off at the official end of the Oregon Trail. I love…
For the seven of us to spend a week on the Oregon coast cost a fair chunk of change. We rented a house for the week and it is not cheap. Nearly $1500 – but compare that to a couple of hotel rooms that would provide us with enough beds and the cost is comparable,…
It’s been a busy week this first one of summer vacation. It started off with a massive neighborhood water fight. The street was mostly blocked off as literally half the block was taken over by both kids and adults participating. The water fight lasted over an hour and was loads of fun for all…
I have kids. Kids love ice cream. When I was approached to check out some of the newer varieties Klondike has to offer, I jumped at the chance. Here is the disclaimer I am supposed to include. “I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Klondike. I received free product coupons…
A couple of milestones this week. The Cub Scouts ended their year with a crossing over ceremony. This is done usually to commemorate the WEBELO scouts moving up to BOy Scouts, but this year all the dens got in on the action, starting off with the Tiger Cubs, which meant Ciaran was one of the…
The scariest thing happened – a child went missing. No, this isn’t a joke. It ends well, but it was terrifying. No, not my child, but it could have been. I get a call from a friend. There’s a child on the corner, maybe 2 years old. not saying anything, just hanging out by the…
I know it has been a couple of weeks. Life has been busy what with school winding down and summer ramping up. One of the things that happened was the big Tara Academy school wide end of year recital. Unfortunately none of the pictures turned out. None of them. I was so disappointed. At least…
Xavier turned 5 last Friday, and his birthday party was Sunday. His favorite super hero is Hulk, and when trying to come up with ideas for a birthday party for him that we could host here at our house, we hit on the theme of the big green guy. Cost was a consideration as well…
This was the last Webelos event August would be participating in. By spending the night here he earns his Arrow Of Light badge, which is a distinguished honor he can wear as a Boy Scout. Next month he participates in the crossing over ceremony and will officially be a Boy Scout. But first, to earn…