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It’s Never Enough or There is Only One Maumee River
People never want the good times to end. That’s pretty typical, right? I mean nobody likes when the fun is over; we prefer the fun be happening. But when it ends (and all good things must come to an end), most people take it in stride. However, there are some for whom the end of [...]
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Assessing the Doctor’s Assessing or Don’t Ask Dumb Questions.
A trip to the doctor’s office, as any parent of young children knows, is an interesting adventure to say the least. Today was Alayna’s two-year appointment and a medical student did her assessment. You know, the part where they ask you questions from a list to see if your kid is normal. Don’t they know [...]
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Green-Eyed Monsters Are Out For Your Lamps
The other day I had a conversation with Lucas. He was curious about those pesky green-eyed monsters. Here’s a snippet. Lucas: Do you know what a green-eyed monster looks like? Dad: Well I guess it looks like a monster with green eyes. I haven’t seen one, have you? Lucas: No. Dad: Where did you hear [...]
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If we didn’t know it before…
we know it now. We’re in trouble. Today the children were leaving (with Mom) for swimming lessons. They were all packed into the mini-van with the essentials (towels, goggles, matchbox cars, drinks, snacks, sunglasses, hats, … you get the picture). I poked my head in to say good-bye and wish them all a fun time [...]
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Crime and Punishment
We’ve recently started sending our almost two year old to the corner for screaming. She screams… a lot. Today, Erin told her to stop screaming and she screamed one last time and then walked right to the corner. I’m not sure if that’s helping or not, but at least she knows the penalty for her [...]
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