Author Archives: Kevin
The Question Parents Must Not Ask
I’ve spent some time learning a few foreign languages. The first thing a good foreign language instructor will tell you is that while there are many acceptable questions one can ask of a language, one question is completely unacceptable. How are the verbs conjugated? What cases do the nouns assume? These are fine, but if [...]
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Sam’s One?? Can’t Be Our Sam.
Stop The Presses It’s actually old news, since his birthday was back on January 8th, but yes, Samuel has turned one. When you’re the fourth child with a birthday after a busy holiday season you just have to be patient for birthday celebrations. In his case it was only a week late, but we did [...]
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On an Ocean’s Shore
Life with four young children is like standing on the ocean’s shore. No, I’m not having a moment of insanity, I’m being serious. However, it’s not like you might imagine. A Pretty Picture Image Credit You could imagine yourself standing along the ocean’s edge, soaking in the brilliant rays of sunshine, enjoying the soft sounds [...]
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Another One Coming…
A year that is… I recently got used to typing 2011 instead of 2010. Now my keyboard muscle memory will need to change to 2012 instead of 2011, which for me, without a side keypad, means changing from left ring finger, right ring finger, left pinky finger double bump to left ring finger, right ring [...]
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Just One Thing or Why Parents Are Slow
When I was young, I always wondered why my parents were slow. It seemed like it always took forever for them to do anything. I have now discovered why this phenomenon exists: a parent can never do just one thing. Let me explain. Let’s say that you want to get your coat on to go [...]
