Posts Tagged “Parenting As Child Exploitation”
Last weekend was crazy busy. Let’s jump into it, shall we? Friday (after I had posted the week’s photos) saw the penultimate cross country event. The Pumpkin Run, where kids run the mile course with the last stretch of the course lined with pumpkins. After the run kids get to pick a pumpkin to take home…
I like my neighborhood. There are some things about it that really help to make is special. The annual car show is one. The fact that I can walk to a number of different types of restaurants (Indian, Thai, pizza, Mexican, etc.) and the several bars and other types of businesses – well, it’s a…
“What do you want for lunch?” I asked Xavier. It was just him (4 years), myself, and Tevye (5 months) at home. The other kids were either at school or who knows where. Before taking him to pre-school in the afternoons Xavier has lunch at home. I almost always ask him what he wants, but…
This past Saturday was a big day for Déla. It was her first gymnastics meet of the season, and her first in the new higher AA division. But before the meet she had Irish step dance. Here she is practicing her hard shoe. At her meet she demonstrated both that she belongs in the higher…
Remember last week when I mentioned I like seeing my kids during their lunch time recess? This afternoon I was walking back from dropping Xavier off at preschool when one of Déla’s friends saw me with Tevye in the stroller on the sidewalk and called for her. She came running across the playground. After a…
We love Munchkin in this family. If we could we just might play it every other day. As it is I use it as an incentive to get August and Dela to stop fighting and get ready for school in the morning. And it’s working pretty well. Most days. There are so many varieties and…
This past Sunday was another cross country meet. Here are each of them as they came across the finish line. And because he didn’t want to be left out, Here is a picture of me with Tevye.
My one issue with the school my kids go to is the preschool schedule. There is morning preschool and then a “pre-K” program in the afternoon. Essentially it’s a two year program, which is fine, but separating them out and not having all-day preschool gets to be rather inconvenient. But that’s a different topic from…
Cub Scouts started back up again, and this year is the first year Ciaran is able to participate. Only things is, he is unsure about actually participating. At the Pack meeting he was given his first neckerchief as well as a Tiger Cub sticker. Thrilled? Not so much. August, on the other hand, was indeed…
I got a phone call from Kyle Friday afternoon. He was out looking at places to rent, trying to move out from our house. It’s been just about a year and a half since he moved back in with us, and it took him almost a full year to start steady employment. The good news…