Raising4Boys participated in three carnivals this week. Here they are, along with links to our posts that were included in each. The Carnival of Kid Comedy included several of our kids jokes, including “Yodeling,” “The Confused Ant,” and “Elephant in the Fridge.” The Best of Me Symphony included “Check Out the Girl Ninja.” Also included [...]
Here’s an interesting twist on stem cells… It seems that British football (i.e., soccer) players have started saving their babies’ umbilical cords in an attempt to preserve stem cells that could one day used to repair their injured knees. According to one player, “Having your stem cells — a repair kit if you like — [...]
“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” -Clarence Budinton Kelland
Our six year old is a major dawdler. I’ve heard that this is a characteristic of six year olds in general, and six year old boys in particular. He dawdles when he showers, gets dressed, puts on is shoes, and does his homework, among other things. It drives me crazy!
Time to dig into the archives again… Here are some of our favorite posts from the month of June… 06/01/06 — C-Sections Unsafe? 06/51/06 — Braces for an Eight Year Old, Update #2 06/09/06 — Check Out the Girl Ninja 06/12/06 — Strict Parenting = Overweight Kids? 06/15/06 — Introducing the 401(kid) 06/16/06 — Four [...]
Whatever happened to the first day of school jitters? Our boys slept like logs the night before they went back to school, and had no butterflies in their bellies the morning of. They seemed properly excited and handled everything with grace and dignity. In fact, they were “cool as cucumbers.” This is very different from [...]
Q: How do you know when there’s an elephant in the fridge?
Raising4Boys participated in two carnivals this week. Here they are with links to my articles that were included in each. The Best of Me Symphony included “Four Year Old (Mis)Behavior, Portrait Studios, and Pants-Dropping.” Also included was “The Fine Art of Fixing a Leaky Toilet” from fivecentnickel.com. The Carnival of the Vanities included “Hauling Furniture, [...]
Ten years ago today, my wife and I got married. In the time since that fateful day, we’ve moved on five different occasions, had four kids, lived in three states, bought two houses, and sold one. And we’ve created an awful lot of wonderful memories. I owe pretty much all of my success, both personally [...]
“Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.” -Martin Mull
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