Tag: parenting
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Eight years of parenting
Megan and daddy making the eye contact that could last a lifetime Paul in a quiet moment right after birth. It’s hard to believe that Kristen and I have been parents for nearly 8 years. It’s weird how a picture captures a moment. I can think back to exactly what I was thinking at this…
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Getting it right, Getting it wrong
Today I can do no wrong. According to Megan and Paul I am the smartest and most excellent father in the history of the planet. Then again, I’ve bribed them into this behavior by taking them to Sea World later this morning. It’s weird how in life there is a fine line between getting it…
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Digging out and shaking off
Digging through paperwork and trying to find missing reciepts for tax time exposed that there was one big area of my life that I had just ignored for 6-7 months: The move’s impact on our finances. We did fine through the move. We’re doing fine now. And like I’ve mentioned before, we’re taking all the…
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Sunday Normalness
Pretty much every Sunday is the same for our family. It’s our new normal and we love it. For the first time in my adult life I have weekends off… and I’m still enjoying the novelty of it. Here’s what a typical Sunday looks like. 7:00- Everyone up. We don’t set alarms, but we all…
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Tammy
The other day I was driving our truck on the way to pick up Kristen from work. Megan and Paul were in a mood and bickering in the backseat. Among other things Megan was kicking the front seat, annoying my passenger while laughing when I told her to stop. Dave, our house guest, was being…
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Parentizzle like Snoop-dizzle
You know I think this is funny when I show a Martha Stewart clip on my blog. I can’t stand Martha… but I do like Snoop Dogg. (Dee-o-double-gee) HT to Abby
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Megan is a reader
Megan having fun Originally uploaded by mclanea My oldest daughter, Megan, is just like her mommy. Besides being endlessly sassy, sarcastic, and competitive… Megan is a hard core learner. Her latest weakness is reading long chapter books. We will send her to bed at 8:30, but she’ll stay up super late enraptured by her latest…