The Bear x 3
It’s tradition for us to grab an ice cream cone at Maggie Moo’s after the 1st day of school. Here is the Bear x 3 in order, after K, 1st, and just this afternoon after day 1 of 2nd grade.
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Gone Fishin’
I can’t bare the idea of baiting a hook or the thought of taking a fish off the hook once caught. Clearly, I’m no fisherman. Yet this afternoon I board a plane for Florida with the specific idea of catching a tarpon. From what I’m told those suckers are pretty […]
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Quick Thoughts: Brotherly Love (Shannon Sharpe HOF Speech)
I don’t recall the exact year, but I was young enough to still be feverishly interested in collecting football cards. For my birthday that year, my oldest brother went to a hobby shop/sports card store – not at all a frequent stop for him – and bought a mint condition […]
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The Last Weekend Before The Last Weekend Before School
The Bear is 8 days away from 2nd grade. Am I battling a conflict of emotion? Not really. I’m battling a fear of mayonnaise. I’m 8 days away from having to get my ass out of bed before 7am. 8 days away from making lunch before I eat breakfast. Mayonnaise […]
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Tiny Hangers, Tons of Happiness * Edited to add the after photo *
My girls have been standing watch, off and on, for the entire day. They’re waiting for the big brown truck to arrive. Once I told them their baby doll hangers had been shipped and were on the road for delivery today – one day earlier than expected – they couldn’t […]
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Quick Thoughts: It’s OK to be Okay
Consumption of media increasingly takes place on one of two devices: a 46″ (or larger) LCD TV or a 7″ (or smaller) handheld screen. Similarly, political conversation in this country has walked to the very end of two identically extreme planks. The middle is shrinking. But there exists some wonderful […]
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Early Moments Matter – An Essential New Parent DVD & Guide
I said in a comment on another blog today that we build the foundation, they build the building. It was an off-the-cuff remark in response to the fear of letting your children go. It sounds pretty, but it’s scary as hell to execute. This focus on foundation-laying is exactly the […]
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CAMP DADDY
The Bear has asked that we turn the final 5+ weeks of summer into CAMP DADDY. CAMP DADDY will have a new theme each week: BEACH HAWAII (yes, these two are different) SPAIN/MEDITERRANEAN SEA MERMAID PIRATES There will be activities, and new name tags created each week decorated along thematic […]
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