Posts Tagged “Parenting As Child Exploitation”
I know it’s been a while. The start of the school year and the baby, well, it’s thrown us all for a bit of a loop. The main reason for this is Tevye. Here he is from just a couple of days ago. He’s 4 months old now. This past weekend we were eating dinner…
So I posted about my entire weekend at Bumbershoot 2014 as viewed through my twitter stream, but that was not the whole story. The 3 day pass was a Father’s Day present. I wasn’t able to travel to see The Replacements (more on that in a later post) but the band was a featured headliner…
“Are they all yours?” “As far as you know!” I had all five of the younger kids in tow after school. We were picking up Ciárán’s new glasses which had taken much longer to arrive than scheduled. I had hoped they would be ready before the school year started to avoid having to take all…
It’s been an interesting transition back to the school year schedule. I don’t want to say it has been smooth, but it certainly hasn’t been difficult. One of the biggest adjustments is having Xavier in afternoon preschool. Notice I put this above working around a 3 month old infant. I’ll get to that in a…
I know it’s late. When you have 6 kids see if you get anything done on time. This week the kids went back to school. Well, most of them. Kyle went to work and Tevye just drooled everywhere. Thursday was the first day for most of the kids with preschool starting on Friday. Here is…
“Piggyback ride!” my 4 year old exclaimed. I thought at first he wanted me to give him a piggyback ride, which I couldn’t do since I was pushing the stroller with his infant brother inside. I look down at him. He’s looking up ahead, somewhere along the sidewalk something has caught his attention. He points….
Dang. 9 years old. It’s been a year for you. 3rd grade. And while that went well it was all that other stuff you started doing. Irish dance for instance. Then there was gymnastics which you kept with and not only that but you advanced to the next level of competition. And Girl Scouts. Sheesh….
August and Dela came home yesterday well after lunch time and they were hungry. I pulled out the bread to make sandwiches and Dela said “No sandwich for me.” I opened the cabinet and pulled out the Nutella. “Okay! Sandwich please!” “You already said you didn’t want a sandwich.” She stared at me dead in…
What a heck of a ride it’s been so far. You are the most particular of our kids with your own peculiarities that seem… I don’t know… we’ve always referred to you as an 80 year old, even from birth. You are the youngest curmudgeon we have ever met and so self-confident, so sure of…
A friend came over to pick up Déla for a playdate while Tevye was simply just being very vocal about not feeling good. Laura told our friend that he had just had some vaccinations. Discussion then turned to how vaccines have advanced, with new ones coming and even how now, such as this morning, three different…