We had a great week at camp. I didn’t see a whole lot of the other kids. Kelly helped me out a bit in the mornings while I did my job making sure the canoers were safe. As soon as she was done with that she was off to make hemp bracelets, do watercoloring, or [...]
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Joe, as you know is the baby of the family…literally. At 18 months he is so full of life and excitement that he truly blesses each new day. But…at 18 months I am also beginning to see signs of the tiger underneath. When he is frustrated he hits. He especially likes to hit me and [...]
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Parents of older kids know that summer isn’t always about time off. We try to keep them busy so that we don’t hear ‘I’m bored” but we also try to keep them engaged so that it isn’t a huge shock to their system when school starts back up. I have been playing card and math [...]
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Life here is never boring. Anyone with 4 kids can attest to that fact. We have a unique dynamic here in our house. We have 3 teens and 1 toddler. Kurt is 16 and just got his license. That has caused an untold number of gray hairs to sprout on my head. David is [...]
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