Posts Tagged “Parenting As Child Exploitation”
Maybe you remember the list that was floating around a few years ago about the 100 books you should read, or it was the Top 100 Novels or whatever. The point is a list and a couple of variations, made the rounds several years ago. I addressed this in a blog post back in the…
Wow, where did last week go? I had a couple of posts planned on top of my (supposedly) usual Phamily Foto Phriday. Then Xavier got sick (and I mean *SICK*). Tuesday was a bit of a washout for me. The posts I was working on didn’t “click” into completion as I had hoped. Fine, I…
Three years ago I took August, Déla and Ciárán to see Winnie The Pooh in theaters. At 3 years old, he was a little scared but excited. It was a big, dark, loud place. While we don’t typically think of it, for younger children a movie theater can be a little daunting. When the Spy Kids…
Last night as Laura and I were going to bed we smelled it. Xavier, our 3 year old, had pooped in his pull-up and needed changing. While I didn’t relish waking him up, it had to be done. As I (gently) woke him and picked him up to carry him to the bathroom he said, “Who…
The other day I was picking up my kids from school as I do every day. Nothing special, just doing my job, trying to not have Child Protective Services called. What struck me about this particular day was the Kindergarten teacher. She said “Thank you for being here on time every day to pick up…
August came down one morning this week after showering and said “There was an explosion on planet My Head.” After school yesterday Ciárán came out of class wearing his jacket OVER his backpack, zipped up, with his arms out of the sleeves and the hood on. Generally being silly. And Xavier tried to imitate…
Monday was a day off from school, and as Xavier had been asking for a while, I figured it would be as good a day as any to go to the zoo. Thankfully the weather cooperated and while a little chilly at least it wasn’t raining, which is pretty good for Seattle. After the penguins,…
You may remember a while back we discussed the upcoming addition to our family and Xavier expressed a preference for a boy baby. There has been progress on this front. After lunch yesterday we were talking and the conversation turned to “coconut” (because saying “unborn baby” is tedious). I mentioned that we don’t know if…
I know this is going up on Saturday the 18th. Shut up. And I only have one picture. It’s Xavier and Ciárán on the playground after school on Friday. It was cold but it didn’t stop them from playing. A lot of families left immediately after school, but my kids wanted to play. And they…