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Category Archives: Parenting
To Toss or Not to Toss
Learning the fine art of throwing things away. Writing, too. To Toss or Not to Toss.
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Adventures In Parenting – Let’s Get Ready To Rrrrrrrumble!
Let’s Get Ready to Rrrrrrumble!! The boys’ first lesson in Jujitsu was about to begin. Would it be a complete disaster, the type that gets a billion hits on youtube? Or would they find it fun, would they learn something, … Continue reading
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Tagged humor, humour, infinity MMA, jujitsu, shrimping, the oldest, the youngest
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Post 100 Celebration
2 Blogs running. The 5/5/5 just hit a milestone Post 100 Celebration.
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Adventures in Parenting – Them’s Fighting Words
Them’s Fighting Words With no vacations or hockey schools or lumber work- camps available to us, we had to choose something different for the boys to do. Maybe even chose something where they learned a thing or two. After all, … Continue reading
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Tagged BJJ, BJJ for kids, brazilian jujitsu, humor, jiujitsu, jujitsu, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest
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Another Parent’s View – 10 Tips for Trips
Ten Tips for Travelling with Kids. From my friend, Sheila. Here is what she has to say….it’s awesome… I learned from a master. My mom drove my two sisters and I all the way across the country most summers when … Continue reading
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Traveling With Kids – San Diego 2014 – Tips
10 Things to Make a Vacation With Kids Successful 1) Have a place to call home. I can’t imagine how much harder it would be if we had to pack up every morning and move to a new hotel, a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Parenting, San Diego Safari, Travel, Traveling with kids, writing
Tagged asking for help, bactine, Bricksburg, denny's, DS3D, good shoes, humor, humour, jack daniels, legoland, midway aircraft carrier, prettiest girl in the world, rollercoaster, the oldest, the youngest, tips for vacations, Traveling with children, xanex
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Traveling With Kids – San Diego 2014 – Top 10 list #1
10 things I thought I would never say on this trip This may not come as a shock to anyone who has kids, but you end up saying some of the oddest things. Things you probably wouldn’t say at work, … Continue reading
Traveling With Kids – San Diego – The End
The Last Hurrah! We made it across the border without any problems. I think the border agent saw that we were exhausted and basically innocent-looking and let us through. That or she had duck dynasty to watch on her ipad. … Continue reading
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Traveling With Kids – Leaving San Diego – Plane Truths
The Plane Truth You’d think riding in a small, confined space with a whole bunch of strangers would be a great place for lots and lots of good stories. Death matches. Cannibalism. Screaming babies. But the ride down to San … Continue reading
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Tagged 3DS, airplanes, creepy guys, humor, humour, Mario Brothers, plane rides, prettiest girl in the world, the oldest, the youngest
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Traveling With Kids – San Diego – Airport Accidents
Saturday – Airport First hurdle. The weigh in. We HAD to make weight, but unlike MMA fighters, we couldn’t toss the bags in the sauna for a few hours to cut the excess. We had to do this old-school. Sort … Continue reading
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