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Tag Archives: stepdaddying
Spelling Test
Oh, the joy of spelling. To be honest, I’m not the best speller in the world. This will not come as a surprise to anyone who knows me. It’s why I think that the greatest invention in the world was … Continue reading →
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Tagged almost, also, awesome, awful, because, caution, cough, crawl, false, faucet, halt, humor, humour, lawyer, officer, parenting, saucer, soft, speedometer, spell tests, spelling, stall, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest
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Tournament Trials – The Loss – Part 7
So, after 5 games, the boys had won four and lost one. The last one. And we were in serious danger of missing the ferry. Worse, we still had a ceremony to get through. The boys lined up on the … Continue reading →
Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Parenting, Sports
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Tagged asshats, BC Ferries, dumbass, hockey, hockey goalie, humor, humour, Minor Hockey, MVP, parenting, pastor, rav 4, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest, Traveling with children, trophy
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Tournament Trials – Playoffs – Part 6
After 3 games, the boys should have been near catatonic exhaustion. I know I was. But no, they were full of excited energy. Hell, they’d just won 3 games in a row and were going to the finals. Top 4 … Continue reading →
Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Parenting, Sports
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Tagged goalie, langley minor hockey association, Minor Hockey, nanaimo, oceanside, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, victoria
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Tournament Trials – The Games – Part 5
Normally, getting the Youngest out of bed is like prying a clam out of its shell, but not on this day, the day of the tournament. I won’t say he leapt out of bed, cuz, you know, that would be … Continue reading →
Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Parenting, Sports
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Tagged hockey games, humor, humour, langley, Minor Hockey, MVP, playoffs, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest, Traveling with kids
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Tournament Trials – Part 2 – The Ferry
To survive the ferry ride, I put aside my writer brain as best as I could. I brought a book so I wouldn’t just sit there in the seat and wonder if The Youngest had been eaten by killer whales … Continue reading →
Posted in Hockey Life, Parenting, Stepdad
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Tagged humor, humour, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest
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The Tournament Trials – Part 1
Christmas had come and gone. So had New Years. So what better way to start off 2016 than with a hockey tournament in Nanaimo? 2 days of hockey. A day of travel to and from the tournament. With 16 kids. … Continue reading →
Posted in Hockey Life, Parenting
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Tagged BC Ferries, goalie, hockey, hockey tournaments, hogan, hogan's heroes, humor, humour, kids, langley, Minor Hockey, nanaimo, sergeant shultz, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest
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Model Child
Long ago, when there were no such things as cell phones, video game consoles or electricity, we had to find ways to entertain ourselves. Sure, I tried whacking my brother with a stick. I tried shop-carting down a hill. I even … Continue reading →
Posted in Parenting
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Tagged building models, building tanks, churchill, churchill VII, humor, humour, modeling, models, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, tamiya, tank tracks, tanks, the youngest, world of tanks, wot
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Where to See Lights In Langley
One of the things l used to love to do as a kid, hell as an adult, was go on a tour of all the Christmas lights. When I was young, we’d stuff ourselves into our Austin 1800, a car … Continue reading →
One of The Great Secrets of Surviving Parenting
I have recently uncovered one of the parenting secrets. Or should I say, secrets-to-not-completely-losing-your-mind (while balancing lunches and hockey games and getting the kids to bed on time and remembering things that they might forget and… well, you get the … Continue reading →
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Tagged catz, humor, humour, parenting, prettiest girl in the world, secrets, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, toilet, xbox
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2nd 5 Things I’m Doing Differently For Hockey This Year
As this is my 3rd year, I’m changing things up a bit, you know, trying to evolve into a superior hockey-parent. It’s not easy, but what’s life without a little challenge? So, the first 5 were yesterday. Let us continue… … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogging, Hockey Life, Parenting, Stepdad
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Tagged goalie, grand canyon, hockey, hoverboard, langley minor hockey association, McFly, Minor Hockey, PJs, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest, volunteering
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