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All in a Day

Week 5: Party On

June 6, 2010 Week by Week
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{Party On} After having to postpone Ryan’s fourth birthday party last weekend due to illness, I wasn’t looking forward to the decisions that would have to be made as I watched the hour by hour forecast the night before her “make-up party” — starting at 1 pm the likelihood of rain, check that…thunderstorms, was 80% [...]

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Julia and Ryan at Five Months

June 2, 2010 All in a Day
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My entry for this week’s “Wordless Wednesday” at Dad Blogs features recent pictures of Julia at five months of age with the two family teddy bears in comparison with Ryan at the same age, with the same bears. Julia is long for her age, but she still has a baby face and the light sparse [...]

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Week 4: The Best Laid Plans…

May 29, 2010 Week by Week
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{Best Laid Plans…} It may be fair to say that the only constant in parenting is dealing with the unexpected. Being able to quickly alter paths and adapt to ever-changing circumstances is one of the prerequisites of good parenting. Jen and I are pretty good planners — more so Jen than myself — and we [...]

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Silly for Silly Bandz

May 24, 2010 All in a Day
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It was bound to happen sooner or later. We are now a family contributing to the “Silly Bandz” craze apparently sweeping the nation and children’s wrists in a town near you. The neighborhood has been buzzing with the sounds of chattering six year olds trading animal shaped colored silicone bracelets for the past month*. *Does [...]

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Week 3: Transitions

May 23, 2010 Milestones
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{Transitions} As young children grow, transitions come fast and furious. Sometimes the change is welcome and an exciting step forward in life. Other times, it involves giving things up that were once held dear. With Ryan’s fourth birthday upon us next week, we are currently navigating a few such transitions. Ryan’s night time routine since [...]

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Week 2: Settling In

May 15, 2010 Week by Week
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{Playdates} Entertaining a four year old to the level which they desire can be a near impossible task for a parent. It’s critical to enlist the aid of other four year olds to help. Last week we were lucky enough to stumble into multiple playdates with our neighbor Shaelyn and while the same happened this [...]

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Week 1: Finding our rhythm

May 7, 2010 Week by Week
Week 1: Finding our Rhythm

{In search of rhythm} No matter how “involved” you are in the day to day lives of your children — and as a work from home dad I was able to be very in tune with the kids daily activities — it is a whole new ball game when you are the sole conductor of [...]

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Speaking in “Julia”

April 19, 2010 All in a Day

One of my favorite parts of very early life is watching children learn how to communicate, express themselves and interact with the world around them. With infants, these moments can simultaneously seem so trivial and so awe-inspiring. Take for example the following video of Julia (3 1/2 months) expressing herself in her very own language [...]

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