Tagged With: Raising Kids
Personal Experience with Kids Says…
12/18/2009 Daddy: “Riley, what are you going to ask Santa for, for Christmas?” Riley: “A plane!” Daddy: “Way to think big, Riley!” Riley: “Thanks, Daddy!” Daddy: “Kate, what are you going to ask Santa for?” Kate: “A candy cane with a hook!” Daddy: “You should ask for something bigger.” Kate: “A BIGGER candy cane with … Continue reading
OCD in Children
My poor daughters never had much of a chance to avoid Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I can confirm that Keli’s mother and brother have it (somehow, Keli got anti-OCD) and I have it. That Keli does not have it (and in fact may have its binary opposition) sometimes causes the pair of us to look like a FEMA … Continue reading
Growing Up (Monday, February 2nd, 2009)
The girls will be three in one month and twenty four days. Actually, it’s shorter than the timeframe that “month” implies, because February is a short month. In any case, I cannot believe it. I won’t say that the time has “flown by”. In truth, there were times when it seemed that everything had slowed … Continue reading
A Night at the Circus (continued)
This is a continuation of an earlier post about our night at the circus. The original post also contains this section, but I wanted to provide a dividing line for anyone who didn’t want to have sift through the whole post in order to pick up where they left off! As I was saying… I … Continue reading
A Night at the Circus (Friday, January 23rd, 2009)
Keli came by my room on Friday morning and asked if I wanted to go to the circus. She and I have been trying to expose the girls to as much as possible, so we agreed to go. What made it easier is that Keli’s mom wanted the girls to go, so she paid for … Continue reading
