Yearly Archives: 2016

A Beautiful and Unique Snowflake

Over the course of the first three weeks of December, I stayed home to watch Maya while Janelle went back to the office. We swapped for a bit due some persnickety scheduling for her at work, and so that we

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Threepeat

There are now three children that live in our house. Well, really, there are two children and a little cry-larvae, but the net result is that there are three things to take care of in the house. The math changes

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The Secret

It’s not really a secret anymore. We had a lady baby. Both our boys were a surprise. I had been initially ambivalent about finding out the gender or having it be a surprise, but Janelle and I were swayed by

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Let the Punishment Fit the Crime

There is a certain art to deciding just what will happen to your kid(s) when they get in trouble. It’s difficult to get right but if your hope is to have your kids listen to you and to respond to

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The Enemy of Good

It’s been a long time. There are reasons. I am busy with the boys. I am also lazy with some things and easily distracted always. I also was not inspired. I don’t mean that I was waiting to be struck by

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