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• Nothing More Wonderful Than Boys Who Look up To their Daddy

  
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  My sons make me smile so much so. These two boys are the most wild of creatures at times, I even have to question if my four year old is not 90% animal a majority of the time, the kid is so fully of wild man/animal nature that it shocks me. Never have I seen Read More… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ...
  1 week ago

• Tale of Two Days

  
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  Saturday was awesome. It started off rough.  At 6am, Aidan was screaming “MOMMY, JUICE!” from the bottom of the stairs over and over.  Each word was pushed into my brain like a knife.  Because I’m a parent, I have learned that I only care about peace, so I marched downstairs, got Aidan his juice out of the ...
  1 week ago

• Those are my singing boys

  
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  The other Sunday was Children’s Day at the Lutheran preschool/kindergarten Sean goes to.  Like a good family, we went because Sean was singing and it’s a lot of fun after the service with snacks, crafts, and a bounce house.  If more churches had bounce houses after services, more people would go. It was a nice ...
  2 weeks ago

• Boys Are Weird

  
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  Boys Are Weird by Gina Valley Boys are weird.  They really are. But, They’re a lot of fun, too. I’ve met some great, grown-up (well, sort of grown-up) boys through social media. In fact, I’m hanging out with some of them today. Some of my favorites have a site together called Dads Round Table. James [...] The ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Church Match

  
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  It’s pre-summer here, and the days are starting earlier, so the boys are starting earlier, which means, hell, if we’re up, we might as well go to church.  Round 1 So the other day I leaned over the rail and called to Evan. Me: Go get dressed!  We’re going to church! Evan: If we’re going to church, I’m ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Fathers Confirmation comes later in life, Not while you are Man Building

  
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  A Fathers Confirmation comes later in life, Not while you are Man Building As I stood in the lobby at the ice rink watching my son tie the skates of my grandson, my mind wandered back in time some 20 years earlier when I was doing the same exact thing for my son. I remember the early morning hockey games, many ...
  3 weeks ago

• It’s a Mother’s Day CONTEST!!!!

  
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  Come one.  Come all .  Step right up and enter to win a GRAND PRIZE for you or a mother dear to your heart this Mother’s Day. What would every mother want?  A diamond ring?  No. (Could get lost while playing in the sand at the park!) A new MiniVan!  No. (Take it from my experience, after you hit someone in a ...
  3 weeks ago

• 7 Quick Takes: Homemaking edition (sort of)

  
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  So delighted to join Jen in her triumphant return to the small and portable screen. 1. This apartment. So blessed to find it so quickly upon our arrival in the Eternal City, and so thankful for its proximity to Daves office. And to pretty much everything touristy and beautiful about Rome, which our visitors ...
  3 weeks ago

• What A Son Needs From His Mom

  
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  Cheri Fuller is an inspirational speaker and award-winning author of over 40 books including  The Mom You’re Meant to Be: Loving Your Kids While Leaning on God and t he bestselling  When Mothers Pray. Her books have been translated into many languages and her speaking ministry provides encouragement to people ...
  3 weeks ago

• Working for a Win-Win

  
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  Lately, it seems that my negotiation skills are getting quite a workout. There are chores to be done competing with social and academic plans for the boys. I could, in my parental authority say: Nope, no fun ’til the work’s done. But instead I strive for a win-win. Key example: Thing One texts that he has ...
  3 weeks ago

• FREE eBook Coming May 1-3, 2013: Bringing Up Boys of Character

  
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  FREE eBook Coming on May 1-3: Bringing Up Boys of Character: 12 Core Virtues Decoded for Ages 4-9 Are you looking for an extremely practical resource for building core character skills into your son?  It’s about to be here, and it will be FREE ! Do not go and buy this book today. Please . Wait until May ...
  3 weeks ago

• Boy oh Boy

  
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  Stepping back from yesterdays craziness (calling all trolls, come hang out in my commbox) for a little good ol fashioned mommyblogging, courtesy of sweet and crafty Sheena at Bean in Love , who actually asked for obnoxiously kid-centered posts of progeny. Twist my arm. Yes, that arm. The monstrous ...
  4 weeks ago

• What I Wore Sunday

  
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  This is a child being tormented with a gluten free birthday cake simply out of deference to his older brothers digestive tract. Look how aware he is of the injustice he is suffering. Look at his disdain for the offending pastry, frosted with an entire jar of Nutella and topped with fresh-picked strawberries. The ...
  4 weeks ago

• Feminism Friday: Men and feminism

  
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  I mentioned this in my first Feminism Friday post, but I’m always so surprised when women think feminism is about man-hating and I just wanted to say a bit more about that. Actually, I’m just going to share some links to people expressing it much better than I could, but first I do just want to say that having ...
  4 weeks ago

• My Birthday Boy

  
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  Hanging out over at Hallies today for a bit of a marital tune-up , which youd best believe Ive only got worked out on paper so far. Work in progress, this little wifey here. Also, we are celebrating with Italian exuberance the first birthday of our sweet little man John Paul Francis, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Is your Son being Dis-Respectful? Build Respect Today

  
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  (Photo credit to Brenda Yoder of Life Beyond the Picket Fence ) Is your Son being Dis-Respectful? Build Respect Today One of the loudest ways to reach your son is through respect. The old adage “treat others the way you want to be treated” applies here. Luke 6:31 Do unto others as you would have them do ...
  4 weeks ago

• Wherein You Discover that Raising Teens Isn’t Scary

  
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  The time has come to pass on to all of you a little secret. It really isn’t nearly as scary to parent teenagers as people have led all of us to believe. At first, I thought it maybe was just a fluke with my oldest son, but I now have three full-fledged teenagers in my [...]The post Wherein You Discover that Raising ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Boys

  
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  Even though I cant really claim much in the photography department, I can claim a double portion of awesome in the cute man baby department. So, I had to link up with Cari when I saw todays Theme Thursday parameters. Luckily, while I was busily failing at just enjoying my children yesterday , I had the unknowing ...
  4 weeks ago

• A Perfect Day at the Office

  
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  I spend a lot of time each day thinking about how much work Im not getting done. Like now, for example, when I should be wrestling with my washing machine. Or showering. And earlier today, when I was trying to force myself into a relaxed state of enjoy them while theyre so young and squishy like a pair of puppies ...
  4 weeks ago

• Let Me Google That For You

  
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  Oh, youve never heard of this ? Well let me just...yeah. There you go. The following are actual phrases typed into the search bar on this laptop over the past 48 hours, by various adult members of our household, and in lieu of an actual thought-provoking and potentially time-consuming post, Id rather distract you ...
  5 weeks ago

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