Career and Kids

November 30th, 2006

Greg Page of the Wiggles Retires

Greg Page of the Wiggles has left the band and if you don’t know that you need to read more b5media blogs.
He decided to step down because of the orthostatic intolerance he is suffering from.
I originally didn’t plan on writing anything about this because the kids are not huge Wiggles fans. The kids enjoy […]

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November 30th, 2006

Movie Night

We started a once a week movie night with the kids a few weeks back. It helps us stay away from TV before they go to bed most of the week. We are also starting on transition into longer movies. Our daughter has no problem, but our son’s attention span doesn’t make […]

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November 29th, 2006

Drinking with the kids

Treena Shapiro writes about “family-friendly pubs and child-friendly bar and grills.” and says:
Apparently parents don’t want to have to make the choice between spending time with their kids and giving up more adult-type social activities, so they’re taking their kids with them when they go drinking.
I always think it is strange when I see parents […]

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November 28th, 2006

Things to do with the kids - Snowflakes

We have started a tradition of using the time between dinner and bath to do a family activity together. Sometimes it is a game, sometimes it is a craft, sometimes it is doing a puppet play.
Now that Thanksgiving is finally past, we are getting in the mood for Christmas. Tonight we did a […]

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November 27th, 2006

The Carnival of Family Life is up over at Be A Good Dad.
My post about Reading to your kid is included in the carnival along with a ton of other great posts.
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November 26th, 2006

Getting Things Done

I am having quite a bit of trouble keeping organized at work these days.  I am bouncing between a couple different clients and a handful of different projects for each client.  I’ve been doing a horrible job of keeping track of hours worked and then spend more time than I should need to on getting […]

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November 23rd, 2006

Travelling with an extra relative

Our holiday travelling group is increasing by one tomorrow.  While visiting my wife’s family, we (and more importantly his parents) officially decided that we would bring my nephew home to spend the night.
Tomorrow, we are going to visit my family and my nephew’s parents are going to tackle the crazy Christmas rush.  He is one […]

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November 22nd, 2006

Working the day after Thanksgiving

I realized this afternoon that I am not certain if I work on the Friday after Thanksgiving or not. The consulting company that I work for has the day off. But, if the client we are working for works, then we have to work. Nobody ever told me if they have the […]

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November 21st, 2006

Special Thanksgiving Edition of the Carnival of Family Life

Thrifty Mommy, another b5media blog, is hosting this weeks Carnival of Family Life.  This week the carnival went with a Thanksgiving theme.
Stop by to get some great tips and stories before the holiday officially starts.
I will be hosting next week’s carnival.  Go here to submit your own post for next week’s the Carnival of Family […]

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November 19th, 2006

Sometimes busy dads need a little luck

My son and I are home alone without a car today. We decided to walk to Meijer and pick up some snacks/food for the day.
As we wandered through the store, Pookie stopped in front of a Cars DVD display. It was a big cardboard cube with pictures on each side. All of […]

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