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The Joy of Laughter

My weekly post at ForeverParenting is up.  🙂  I thought Giggles was a good thing to think about in the last minute hecticness (is that a word?) before Christmas. Is there anything more beautiful than hearing your child laugh? My favorite is when the boys start...

Wherein I Admit A Little Secret

Joe at Fathered Five tagged me for a meme about my book-reading habits. I’ve been avoiding putting the truth down in writing here at the blog, but it has to come out sometime. I haven’t read a book in at least a year. There. I said it. Okay well, I wrote...

Plans for Dealing With Screen Time

I thought and thought about all the input I got on last week’s Screen Time post, and I’ve come to some conclusions. They’re over in my weekly post at ForeverParenting. 🙂 I’ve gotten some good input in the last few days on my post last week asking for...

The Pool Story

Okay, I just remembered another funny from the past. When The Manager and Captain Earthquake were 2, we got them one of those cute little plastic pools too splash in. Being that we live in an area where mosquitoes can be a concern, I tend to avoid standing water. So I...