Posts Tagged “Parenting As Child Exploitation”
I was 9 years old when Star Wars was released in theaters. I saw the film just before I turned 10. To say the film captured my imagination would be an understatement. There are many memories I have associated with Star Wars, such as purchasing the collector’s cards. Where I lived the summer of 1978…
Last week was Spring Break for the kids. We didn’t get to do much because of three things. First, Laura’s Spring Break does not coincide with the kids – Seattle Public Schools where she works has this week off. Catholic schools are almost always the week after Easter. The second reason is we are still…
We recently got a massive box from Disney as a promotion for the upcoming digital release of the Star Wars film saga. The kids had NO IDEA what was in the box, who sent it or why. I just let them discover it on their own. There was a lot of great stuff in there…
This year for Easter I was up late the night before. The reason why is unimportant and has little to do with the rest of the story. The point is, I was up very late and wound up getting just a few hours of sleep. The following story involves my nearly 5 year old, Xavier.
Just a few this week. Dad went back home to Ireland. The Tevye got sick and we have been busy getting ready for Easter. I ran into Ciaran this week at school when I dropped of Xavier at preschool. Then there was spaghetti night earlier this week. Xavier made a seasonally appropriate mask at preschoool…
I was late on Friday for Stations Of The Cross. I’ll get to that in a minute. This year I struggled with what to do for Lent. Every year I try something and it doesn’t stick. One year I tried giving up chocolate. That worked for a few weeks, but not the whole of the…
Another week full of activities. Last Saturday there was a potluck dinner and there was a massive amount of family and friends and what not. It was at Uncle Liam’s house which is small. Well over 100 people were packed in the house, spilling into the backyard where some people were playing msic. What kind…
I bought a box of Peanut Butter Crunch the other day. This is not a cereal I would normally purchase. Sugar is the second ingredient. I will admit to purchasing cereal with sugar in it, but usually not when it is so prominent. Actually, at this point unless it is at Costco I only by…
It has been a bit of a whirlwind week what with St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and my dad coming in from Ireland. In my previous post I mentioned Déla performed last Friday for the senior center then came back to school for a couple of demonstrations. When she did, we ran into Ciárán and Xavier…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This year my daughter participated in a number of shows, where last year she only took part in the parade and “big” show at thee Seattle Center. Friday I took her out of school during lunch time to go to the Greenwood Senior Center. There were a lot more dancers than…