parenting
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When You Are Fired from Being Santa, but the Spirit Lives On
“I’ve been holding onto these,” my son said with a wink. “How much will you pay for them?” I opened the tiny case, and inside were three baby teeth. His little sister was sitting right next to me at the coffee table. She looked down at them with as much disgust as I did. Mind Read more
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Grandma to Turtles?
In class, my daughter was dubbed “Clumsy Turtle,” which has led to a near obsession the past few months of all things turtle related: Naturally, she wants a pet turtle. I really REALLY don’t want another pet. I mean I want them in the fact that having a new pet is exciting. But a turtle? Read more
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Bad Navy Guys and Awesomely Feral Navy Kids
Over a month ago, the kids and I went to this amazing summer fest that they have on the subbase. They had paintball- which got super heated because you had grown men serving in the military either pairing up with or going against children. My son was accepted into this super alpha group of guys, Read more
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Will Travel for Good Food and Free Books
Despite my state’s super high taxes and lousy roads, we have the golden opportunity to live a book lover’s dream. Some genius decided to combine the love of being a fat kid and the love of reading FREE books. To be fair, most big chain book stores have cafes in their book stores, so Read more
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Closet Readers
When I was around my daughter’s age, my parents separated, and we moved into a tiny apartment that was cozy enough for my ,mom and me. When I wanted to escape from the world, I would hide in the only closet. It had just enough space for myself, a blanket, a flashlight and a handful Read more
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Summer Reading Goals
Today is the very first day of summer! It would be something to celebrate, if we weren’t still a family of school goers for ANOTHER WEEK. Snow days seemed worth it at the time….. Since a week can feel like forever, we started to make our summer reading goals. We searched the Scriptorium’s shelves for Read more
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Family Reading Time
In the Allaire Family Constitution, it specifically states that 7-8 p.m. is reading time. Any use of electronics at this time results in the guilty party having to cluck like a chicken… Suffice to say, we take our reading time seriously. I found a lot of information on why you should read to Read more
