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what the backyardigans can teach you about god

December 18, 2009

Christmas snuck up on me this year. It often does, and I know I’m not alone. The older I get, the faster time accelerates. I fully expect to wake up any day and find out it’s 2025. Which will be cool, because surely by then we’ll be able to teleport. But Christmas snuck up on [...]

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when to intervene?

November 30, 2009

My grandma would yell “Don’t run!” whenever she spotted me moving at any pace faster than a stroll. I swear she said it every time I saw her. I thought she was being ridiculous. Clearly she didn’t want me to have any fun. Maybe I should blame her for my sedentary tendencies? But that’s another [...]

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will walk for shoes

May 8, 2009

Just a quick post to share some video of Nicholas’ early bipedal adventures. This video is from yesterday and I swear as of today he’s talking twice as far. He has on fear, which is very different from Owen at that age, who was very cautious. Speaking of Owen, notice him adjusting a scarf on [...]

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keeping our kids safe

May 6, 2009

A friend (who is currently childless, incidentally) sent me this link:Stop worrying about your children! Maybe she thinks I worry too much? It’s an article on Salon.com by Katharine Mieszkowski, profiling Lenore Skenazy of freerangekids.com. Here’s the summary: Kids today are just as safe as they were in the ’70s, says “Free-Range Kids” author Lenore [...]