If you’ve read this blog or looked back through previous posts you may have noticed many posts about my autistic son. Today my son turns 22 years old. He was, in fact, the reason for the OMG I’m a Parent category. It seems like only yesterday he was the blond, curly haired little boy laying…
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I’ve Failed as a Parent
Just showed my daughter how to MacGyver a candle using a tampon. Evidently I’ve never shown her how to do many such things. We’ve never made a survival shelter out of sticks and leaves. We’ve never made a phone out of string and two tin cans. We never made a solar still with a sheet…
...Read MoreHow to Work From Home (and Stay Sane)
Here are some ways that I’ve come up with that can help you and your family keep their sanity while we’re all at home together.
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I watched Slap Shot the other night. It’s been nearly 10 years since I saw it last. I hadn’t forgotten all the slapstick (pun intended) but I’d obviously forgotten most of the dialogue. Let’s just say I was happy my daughter was in a room far, far away and out of earshot.
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It’s hard to believe Zac will be 8 this weekend.
...Read MoreSnuggling
Last nights cold snap drove the kids to come into our bed. I woke up this morning to find this pair snuggling next to me.
...Read MoreBuying for Baby
This weekend we picked up a stroller with an infant car seat for the new baby and a new mattress for the crib that my oldest son had been sleeping in. He has a new “big boy” bed. Picking a quality stroller/infant car seat combo was the hardest part though. Most of the reviews are…
...Read MoreMost Infant Car Seats Flunk Crash Tests, Consumer Reports: Many Performed ‘Disastrously’; Only Two Made Grade – CBS News
In a report that’s leaving Infant Car Seat manufacturers reeling, Consumer Reports is reporting that most car seats for infants fail miserably and in some cases should be immediately recalled. CBS: “The seats came off their bases or twisted in place, the report said. In one case, a test dummy was hurled 30 feet. Of…
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