Posts Tagged “Parenting As Child Exploitation”

Where To Go (And Stay) On Vacation

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The last few years my family has done the “summer family vacation” thing, not so much the road trip (though there has been a little bit of that thrown in) but primarily we go somewhere and stay there for a while. Before we had kids Laura and I would just… go wherever we wanted to,…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 12/14/18

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Phamily Foto Phriday 12/14/18

It’s been a while and in a way I’m still playing “catch-up” with some of these, alright, many of these, but this is it. There are even pictures from this week included! Let’s start off with a bit of a continuation of Halloween. Where the kids do swim lessons annually toss in some pumpkins, usually the weekend before…

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Fall Catch-Up (Part 1)

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Fall Catch-Up (Part 1)

While I posted the first day of school pictures, I have been lax with pretty much everything since, including both cross country and soccer seasons. I have a couple of posts to get an overview of how things have been going. Here is Grace having a snack in the middle of the kitchen. Note the…

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Two Birthdays And More (Summer Catch Up Part 12)

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Two Birthdays And More (Summer Catch Up Part 12)

  This is going to be it, the final entry in my “catch-up” series for the summer. Then it is on to the beginning of the current school year. Grace turned two years old over the summer. While she may not have completely grasped the concepts, she did enjoy herself. And who doesn’t love presents?…

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Camp Easton (Summer Catch-Up Part 10)

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Camp Easton (Summer Catch-Up Part 10)

I am just going to post a few pictures from this summer’s trip to Boy Scout Camp. Part of the reason has to do with the fact I was acting Scoutmaster, busy keeping track of everybody (for the most part, there were many times I didn’t know where my two boys were). The other reason…

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The Latest From Grace

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The Latest From Grace

There are two things I want to  put down as a reminder of where Grace is developmentally right now. She is two and not quite a half years old and talking up a storm, getting into everything and probably has the worst temper of all of our kids. But that’s not what I want to…

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The Trip Home (Vancouver Island Part 8 Summer Catch-Up Part 9)

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The Trip Home (Vancouver Island Part 8 Summer Catch-Up Part 9)

On the journey to Victoria we took the ferry from Anacortes to Sidney. The trip home offered another path, starting from Victoria to Port Angeles. It was a bit of fun with a larger ferry. We even saw a whale off in the distance. After disembarking in  Port Angeles we pick up some lunch. The…

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Lighthouse And Fort (Vancouver Island Part 7 Summer Catch-Up Part 8)

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Lighthouse And Fort (Vancouver Island Part 7 Summer Catch-Up Part 8)

There are so many pictures of this place I could post, but really, what I want to do is encourage you to go yourself if ever in the Victoria B.C. area. Fort Rodd Hill And the Fisgard Lighthouse were certainly a highlight of our trip. Some of the buildings are set up to display how…

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Vancouver Island Part 6 (Summer Catch-Up Part 7)

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Vancouver Island Part 6 (Summer Catch-Up Part 7)

In this installment of our vacation retrospective we go to Cathedral Trail and Elk Falls, and in the same day. Yes, it was a long day. Let’s get into it, shall we? On the drive up we stopped at a rest area and this was the view. Trees! As you can see in the background,…

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Vancouver Island Part 7 (Summer Catch-Up Part 8)

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Vancouver Island Part 7 (Summer Catch-Up Part 8)

Okay, just a few more of these from our vacation to Vancouver Island and I can move on to some other things. By the way, who doesn’t love blueberry pancakes? And finding art installation pianos sprinkled around the city really are more meaningful if you pay attention during your piano lessons. I boop your nose….

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