Bean
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Moms and Dads
From the time Bean was born, he’s had a special connection with Chris. It’s a tight bond that the two of them share. Bean knows it. Chris knows it. I know it. When…
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Child Labor
In our house, we believe strongly in child labor. Specifically of the chore variety. We hadn’t planned on starting chores in our house until Bean was older. But he has shown an early…
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Scenes from Bean’s Weekend
1. We took Bean to the local farmer’s market this weekend. It was a beautiful morning and we needed fresh fruits and veggies for the week. We go pretty often and I love…
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Taming the Bean
A few weeks ago, I was asked on the Q&A page about our discipline methods and philosophy for Bean at this age. I had to actually stop and think about it for a…
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Eat, Child! Eat!
Don’t let this happy “say cheese!” face fool you. Meal times at our house have become exhausting. Well, for Chris and I. Bean thinks it’s a lot of fun. He gets to sit…
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Sleeping in the Big Boy Bed
For Christmas, Santa brought Bean his big boy race car bed. Christmas night was the first night he slept in it and he was so exhausted from the excitement of the day that…
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Bean. In Real Life.
When our house was broken into a couple months ago, one of the things that was stolen was my Flip HD video camera. I loved that thing and I didn’t realize how MUCH…
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18 Months and On the Go
Over our Christmas vacation in Pensacola, Florida, with Chris’s family, Chris’ mom, Jackie, took us all to the Naval Air Museum at the Air Force base in town. Chris and I had been…
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Santa Stole My Bed!
This year was Bean’s second Christmas and oh, what a difference a year makes! It was absolutely magical to see Christmas through his eyes. I know that sounds corny, but there’s just no…
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Cooling a Fever in the Middle of the Night
(First, I am not a doctor. I am not trained in the medical profession at all, except for that one summer in college when I worked as a receptionist in Chris’ uncle’s surgical…
