Conversations with Bean and Gracie
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Bad Religion
The other day, I was getting on to Bean for something. I can’t remember what exactly right now, but it was probably for annoying Gracie. So, I say to him, “You’ve got one…
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It’s Under the Log
Some of my favorite conversations are the ones I have with the kids while driving around. It’s pretty funny to hear what they think about things. They are even getting to the age…
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The Time Out Fail
This morning, Gracie was in time out for who-knows-what. We have two designated “time out spots” in our house, which makes it easy to enforce when there is a discipline issue. The kids…
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A Conversation with Bean
“Police nabidab… Police nabidab…” “I think you mean, ‘Feliz navidad,'” I said. “No, it goes, ‘Police nabidab,'” he said, as he continued to sing in the backseat of my car. “Where’d you learn that…
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Defending the Goal
Last week, I was sitting on the sidelines during one of Bean’s soccer practices. He was playing goalie with some friends on his team while we waited for practice to start. After about…
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The Tiny Manipulator
At bedtime last night, Gracie asked if she could sleep with Bean. We let them do this occasionally, but it’s usually been for special occasions (the night of the Fourth of July, for…
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An Eyeball in Her Nose
Last Friday, I was sitting down to begin a training session I was attending all day for work. We had barely gotten started when my phone rang at 9:00am. It was the daycare.…
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Spiders, Bugs, the Hulk, and Rain Puddles
Lately, we’ve been dealing with something I like to call “Bean Fears.” Topping the list of Bean Fears today are spiders, bugs, and the Hulk. He likes the toy versions of each…
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Inappropriate Parenting
So, the other night, we were sitting at the dinner table and I tried to tell Bean a joke. Only, he didn’t understand it. Chris and I quickly realized that he didn’t know…
