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Riding the Struggle Bus with Bean Man
Bean has always been a fairly easy child to raise. He has a gentle, quiet, laid-back nature that keeps from from getting too wired or upset about much, and he’s a rule follower…
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A Boy’s World
Bean got a new bed last week. We traded his queen sized bed (which he loved and we had to promise would be replaced with something infinitely cooler…) for a bunk bed. He…
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Boyhood Knows No Age
On Easter Sunday, my children were actually easy to get ready. Talk about an Easter miracle! They put on the clothes I laid out, didn’t complain when they had to wear a belt…
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Boys Raising Boys
The other night, Gracie began shrieking in the living room. She came to find me 3.4 seconds later, with Bean right on her heels, ready to defend himself against his accused crimes. “BEAN…
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You Catch It, You Keep It
Tonight after dinner, I went out to the pool to swim some laps. About ten minutes into my swim, I ran into a friend. We get frogs around our pool a lot. It’s…
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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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If You Give a Boy a Swing Set
If you give a boy a swing set, chances are he’s going to ask for you to turn the sprinklers on so he can swing in the “rain.” And if the boy gets…
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Rambunctious
Soooooo, Bean’s three and a half. And if I had to describe three and a half year old boys in one word, it would have to be “rambunctious.” Like, REALLY, REALLY rambunctious. Bean…
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