Parenting
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ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!
(Heads up: My phone was having real problems overheating and so I went to the Apple store today and they replaced my phone. But I hadn’t backed up my stuff to iCloud since…
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Talking to My Kids About Tragedy
As you all know, Orlando has been in shock for the past two weeks as we deal with a horrific tragedy in our community. Chris and I weren’t really sure what to tell…
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Reward Beads (with printable FREEBIE!)
Now, I don’t want to hype this blog post up or brag too much, but this could be the GREATEST IDEA ANY PARENT HAS EVER HAD IN THE HISTORY OF PARENTHOOD. As summer…
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A Perfect Father’s Day Fore Us All!
On Father’s Day, the kids and I took Chris golfing. It was the first time we have played as a family of four on an actual course, and not just at the driving…
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Summer Fail.
Yesterday was the first, real, official, full day of summer in our house. I had big plans. BIG PLANS. I made a summer schedule, a summer bucket list, and a list of home…
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Gracie’s New Hardware
It has been a long, emotional 24 hours in my city. As the victim’s names are released, we find connections to them in all different places. Former students of coworkers, friends of friends,…
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A New Adventure: Rock Climbing
We got the sad news a few weeks ago that Bean’s best friend is moving out of the country right after school ends this year. Bean’s pretty devastated. He and his buddy have…
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An Honest Mistake
Gracie gave this note to Chris the other day. “Sorry,” she told him. “I meant to write ‘Dad,’ but I accidentally wrote, ‘Mom.'” It’s been a week and this still makes me laugh.
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I’ll Miss This One Day
This past Saturday afternoon, we were all in the kitchen having lunch. We had a baseball game to get to, and Chris and I were hurrying around trying to get ready to go…
