Kids’ Birthday Party at Home or Out – Which is Better?

July 9, 2009

Now that we’ve hosted several birthday parties between our two boys, I started comparing the pros and cons of doing home birthday parties vs. parties hosted at places like a “Bounce-U”, bowling, etc.  What I’ve determined is that based on your priorities, the distinction is pretty clear.
Home Party
While it can get kind of expensive hosting [...]

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Why I Love My Kids Wednesday – Dirty Q-Tips Edition

June 3, 2009

Since I’ve been horribly deficient in keeping up with my blogging here, I figure by enacting a weekly segment, that will force me to share my funny kid quotes and other ridiculous behaviors that I’m sure all you parents out there can relate to.  I’m going to start sharing “Why I Love My Kids Wednesdays” [...]

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Flushing Toys Down the Toilet – Punishment Time

May 24, 2009

So, we were visiting some friends yesterday and they have a 3 1/2 year old.  Our son, who just turned 5 has been getting punished for being naughty (for a few years now of course, but he’s changed tactics), has now resorted to telling his little brother to do naughty things, with the thinking that [...]

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Things that Make your Kids Smarter…and Things that Don’t

May 20, 2009

I love learning about simple solutions to complex issues.  Over and over, people approach issues in a costly and ineffective way while overlooking “old-fashioned”, do-it-yourself approaches that are surprisingly effective.  I was intrigued to read this article about how chewing gum can actually improve kids’ test score performance.  For all the knocks kids get for [...]

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5 Ways to Really Piss Off a New Mom

May 3, 2009

After just having our third child and reliving the joys of seeing my wife severely irate over everything from seemingly innocuous statements to outright stupidity, I thought I’d share some of my personal favorite behaviors and statements that can really piss off a new mom.  Hopefully, you can learn from my mistakes and those of [...]

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T Ball Season is Underway – Wow!

April 23, 2009

So, following my initial post on getting started as a T Ball Assistant Coach (or Tee Ball, still haven’t figured out which is the “official” moniker) and my experience with my son peeing his pants and hunting pinecones, we’ve had canceled practices and games due to rain each week and finally got to enjoy a [...]

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Obama’s PreSchool Free For All – Bad Idea

April 14, 2009

The universal Preschool movement is picking up steam since Obama took office.  Similar to the bailouts for homeowners and banks that made poor financial decisions by now transferring wealth from the responsible to the irresponsible via TARPs, TALPs and scalps, this effort is meant to provide “free” Pre-K to everyone, which will essentially destroy the [...]

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Help – I’m Enrolling our Child in Enrolling in SAA

April 6, 2009

It all started out so innocently.
Just one here, one there.
When our son Kevin was born, people would bring them to us and we would let him have them.
As time went on, he wanted more and more.  We didn’t have the heart to say no.  And it would be embarrassing to the people who were giving [...]

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We’re Having a Girl Tomorrow!

March 29, 2009

Well, after much ado, tomorrow’s the big day where we’ll meet our baby girl.  My wife’s to be induced in the morning.  We have two boys now who we absolutely adore…but they are completely bonkers and a third boy in the house would probably throw my wife over the edge.  I do look forward to [...]

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How to Survive a Restaraunt with Your Kids

March 28, 2009

One of the rites of passage for new parents is the dreaded restaurant outing with the kids.  We have a two boys, 2 and 4, who range from arch enemies to best friends in eternal silliness, neither of which bodes well for the dining experience.  While they’re not perfect angels now, the scowls and [...]

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