Posts Tagged “Parenting As Child Exploitation”
My kids had last Friday off from school. Instead of a “mid-winter” break they had a 4 day weekend. The following Monday was off, but booked up with an orthodontist appointment (another post coming about that) but what was I going to do about Friday? We went to the Seattle Aquarium. This used to be…
Last one – and then tomorrow I’m back on track with a “regular” selection of pictures. Last week was “special friends” day at the kids’ school – at least for the pre-school and kindergarten and first grade. The higher grades had it earlier in the year. I sort of understand why they don’t have it…
Alright – so it’s been a crazy month. Here’s part of what I haven’t been able to spend the time to work on. The weekend before St. Patrick’s Day Déla participated with her dance studio in the St/ Patrick’s Day parade. Here she is lined up and waiting to go. Of course it wasn’t…
And this is where I fail as a person. I’m a big proponent of social services. No, not indiscriminately handing out whatever to whomever, but there are reasons people are having a hard time and need help. If we don’t help those less fortunate than we are what does that make us? Only there are…
I turned around and there he was – a head taller than I remember. Ciárán is at an awkward stage in so many ways. At 6 years old he is still very much a young kid. The other day he had a stuffed bear that attacked people with fluffiness to make them good. On the…
August went on a hike with his friend Johnny’s scout troop on Saturday. We had planned on some rain but certainly not snow. We were ill-prepared. Whoops. Here’s August at the top of the 1.9 mile as well as August and Johnny. And of course it was 1.9 miles down. And…
I am lucky. Sometimes it takes the misfortunes of others to remind us how lucky we are. This week is a prime example. I am part of a great group of dad bloggers and this week has been tough for a couple of them. One shared the heartbreaking story of holding his stillborn son. Another…
I want to thank the people who helped me write this with grammar edits, suggestions on where to flesh this out, etc. This is the post I have been actively trying not to write for a long time. I don’t want to be the spokesperson for this side of the issue, but nobody else has…
Earlier this week the kids were all ready for school a little early. What was there to do but have a puppet show? Well, it was more of a play with a bunch of toy cars. Yesterday I wrote up a bit about Cub Scout Winter Camp and what we did there. Wednesday was the…
I missed out last week because I was busy getting ready for Cub Scout Winter Camp, which I will discuss in another blog post. Those pictures, along with pictures from the snow we got, and the ensuing backyard snowball fight, will find their own posts instead of getting incorporated into this series. Here we are…