Posts Tagged “Parenting As Child Exploitation”
Before I get into the rest of the pictures I want to first highlight one from yesterday and the story behind it. Yesterday I took the boys and Grace to get flu shots while Laura and and Dela were at a (routine, regularly scheduled) school conference. Instead of going to the clinic we normally go…
It was recently announced that Boy Scouts of America would accept girls into the Cub Scout program starting with the 2018 program year (essentially the beginning of the school year). Additionally, for older girls, they will now have an opportunity to earn the highest achievement in Boy Scouts – attaining the rank of Eagle Scout….
Even though it was a busy week I don’t have a heck of a lot to share for some reason. Let’s start off with last week’s swim lesson. That’s Ciaran giving Tevye a piggyback ride in the pool before the lessons started. There was the first grade soccer game – and it was so mismatched…
Tevye (age 3) and August (age 14) were having breakfast. They are sitting at the table in a way that I can not see them. I hear some sort of sound, almost like a fart, but it could have been a rumbly tummy or something else. I ask “Who was that? You okay?” Tevye, without…
It’s been a good week. Here’s what has been going on. First, let’s start with swim lesson, which Tevye really enjoys. And yes, that is a rubber duckie on his head. Earlier this week I talked (partly) about how long of a day Sunday was. Here are a few more pictures from that day, starting…
Today has been… challenging? Rough? Just a day? It is difficult to write a post about getting only four hours of sleep while suffering from only getting four hours of sleep the night before. Initially I was going to go into the why of getting up in the middle of the night, then thought better…
Two somewhat unrelated yet connected thoughts this morning born out of experience. First – curb your dog. After dropping off most of the kids at school I took Tevye (and Grace, in the stroller) to preschool. While waiting for the door to open he walked off the sidewalk and around the rhododendron. It’s a small…
Well, that’s been a couple of busy weeks. It started off with Déla’s birthday. For her 12th birthday she got her ears pierced. At the mall. The mall also has Cinnabon. Right before school started Ciárán was invited to a birthday party at a skate park. He had never been on a skateboard before and…
It took a while for this one to arrive, but it finally came. Here is a closer look at the individual items. The big Rocket Raccoon figure and the reason the box was as large as it was this month. Luggage tag themed to Back To The Future. A pin based on The Justice League…
Yes, this is well after the fact, I know, but I still want to post about this, brief though it may be. This year was Ciaran’s first year attending the event, and we took the opportunity to check off a few requirements, such as sleeping in a tent the Cub Scout helped set up, cook…