I have never had qualms or concerns about any gender biased toys my boys would play with growing up. Want to play with dolls? Go right ahead. Wear a dress? Knock your garters and socks off. Stereotypical gender roles within our household do not exist. I do most of the cooking, Steph does the … [Read more...]
What Privacy Expectations Should Kids Have?
Did you keep a diary? I did throughout high school. Years later, when my mom was dying, she said that she had a box with a bunch of my old crap in it. I think she found it when we were moving some time and it had just moved with her - from house to house - over the years. We sat down and … [Read more...]
Stinging barbs
Kids can say some pretty hurtful things sometimes. It is usually in a moment of anger or tired or hungry or crashing from the thirteen orange pops they snuck, but no matter what excuse you afford them, the root of the comment still makes you take pause. Couple of weeks ago, my eldest said in a … [Read more...]
If Only It Was Easy To Let Go
I started writing this blog post in my head yesterday, (where I write most of them and then slap it down here as fast as I can before I forget), before the bombing at the Boston Marathon. Then I didn't feel like writing it because ... well my brain was busy with other things. Also, I knew there … [Read more...]
Thumbs up for the kids!
The other day our very own Jen wrote a touching and heart breaking post that you can find here. In relation to that, she had a post on Face book encouraging us parents to take a look at the good in our children and embrace it, rather than focusing on the negatives. I decided to take her advice … [Read more...]
Sans kids
My wife and I are very lucky to have a large social circle. Sure we complain about the many obligations flung our way, which, combined with family commitments, make for a pretty crowded calendar. But all in all, we love our friends so much (sometimes more than our family - sorry mom) that it is … [Read more...]
Kids Make No Logical Sense!
The other morning, Will asked for a picture that he drew at Jamie's house. Let me back up. Will's new favourite activity is drawing. Without exaggeration, every day at school, there are 20 new masterpieces in his cubby. Anything remotely looking like Scooby Doo or referencing the Scoob is … [Read more...]
Twelve
When I think back to 12 years ago today, I remember being the heaviest I've ever weighed. I was swollen beyond recognition and had zero feeling in my hands due to extreme water retention - also known as edema. Ahhh pregnancy, you were very unkind to me back in 2001. I really wish I had a photo to … [Read more...]
Head first.
It seems that anything worth doing is worth doing head-first. Is this a boy thing? Is it a personality trait? Is this reckless abandon something I could stand to learn to incorporate into my own life? Am I fated to spend the next eighteen years standing at the foot of the metaphorical slide, … [Read more...]
Who is Will’s Daddy?
Have we all recovered from yesterday's post yet? My siblings may still be attached to oxygen masks as we speak. How could I resist? What isn't an April Fools joke? Will is almost five. People said to pay attention because it goes by in a flash and instead of wanting to punch them, maybe I … [Read more...]
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