Tag: mother
group name: bragaboutkids
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August 05, 2007 09:28 AM EDT --
Brian invited his mother over for dinner. During the course of the meal, Brian's mother couldn't help but keep noticing how beautiful Brian's roommate, Stephanie was. Brian's mom . . .
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May 12, 2008 02:02 PM EDT --
I'm looking forward to reading about everyone's Mother's Day experiences and after I write this out, I'll be visiting any articles about it that I can find.
My Mother's Day . . .
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May 14, 2007 03:00 PM EDT --
It is by pure coincidence, I talked to a coworker this morning. "What did you do for your mother on Mother's Day?" I asked.
"Nothing." He said in a flat voice.
"Not even . . .
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March 25, 2008 10:22 PM EDT --
What use is it for a blogger to go to Disney, if not to come back and write a long, snarky takedown of the Happiest Place on Earth? So here it comes.
I didn't like the coffee.
Is that . . .
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April 17, 2008 05:04 AM EDT --
My oldest son who is in 5th grade announced to me last week that he tried out for a school musical/play (Alice In Wonderland) and didn't want a big part, but since he has such a nice singing . . .
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July 04, 2008 09:09 AM EDT --
My family has been away on vacation for the past week, leaving me behind to have a career. For a family man, time away from the domestic cohabitants is always disorienting, but remaining behind . . .
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February 28, 2008 05:34 PM EST --
Having children later in life has its advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage I see is the effect that age has on the body, and not being able to keep up with your children as the grow into . . .
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July 14, 2007 05:39 PM EDT --
When you think of life,
You should thank your Mom.
Oh, but the strife;
You should still thank your Mom
For one twinkling
That you witnessed joy
Your mom, she did bring
The opportunity you employ . . .
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January 29, 2008 02:04 PM EST --
I took one look at the thing and sprained both ankles and fractured my tibia.
Because skateboards are not nearly unstable and dangerous enough, someone went ahead and invented the Ripstik . . .
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February 01, 2008 12:47 PM EST --
My four year old son decided he would spend Saturday night with Granny, and go to Sunday School with her the next morning. As they were getting ready for church Sunday morning, he was . . .
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December 03, 2007 10:46 PM EST --
When my oldest was entering Kindergarten, there was just one thing that I really wanted him to learn – not reading or math or social studies or science. Good values are fine and all, and . . .
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September 11, 2007 02:26 PM EDT --
Nothing screams family and early childhood like Las Vegas. So I guess it is no surprise that the organizers of the ABC Kids Expo hold their annual trade show in Sin City. Every year, manufacturers . . .
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February 04, 2008 06:08 PM EST --
The studies hailing the health and well-being benfits of family dinner are numerous. For children in the studies, frequent family dinners correlate with decreased alcohol, tobacco, drug use, eating . . .
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October 23, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
I sometimes wonder why I’ve kind of gone off the whole deep end with parenting – why I decided to leave a perfectly good teaching job for this whole goofy DadLabs interweb video show . . . .
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January 22, 2008 11:46 AM EST --
On a typical MLK day, the kids accompany their mom on the march in downtown Austin. My observations are usually made from the office, unfortunately. Yesterday, however, the weather was miserable, unfit . . .
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May 21, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
Being a coach is a tough way to make a paycheck. I've watched a lot of them up close in my dozen years of living on a boarding school campus, so I know. Long hot afternoons on the practice . . .
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November 20, 2007 02:39 PM EST --
One of my kids approaches me with a request. He or she knows that there is a range of possible outcomes, from getting ignored to getting referred to another adult to actually getting me off my butt . . .
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November 28, 2007 10:54 PM EST --
On the always solid assumption that mild weather had settled in for good, my wife and I planned a short trip over Thanksgiving just down to San Antonio where we would meet my parents and my sister. . . .
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December 17, 2007 10:42 PM EST --
A quick poll of the DadLabs offices revealed a surprisingly low levelof concern about lead in children's toys. Most of this confidencederives from dads feeling like their kids are past the "everything . . .
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January 14, 2008 03:25 PM EST --
Last week I read my son's report card, and it said to me, "You're working too much." The grades were down, not sharply, but noticeably. In her comments, his teacher tried to allay our . . .
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