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Career and Kids

Archive for the ‘Spending time with kids’ Category

December 1st, 2006

Playing with the kids in the snow

What do you do when you have been cooped up in the house for most of the week and you get hammered with 6-10 inches of snow?
Snowball fight!
I’m taking on the kids tomorrow (technically later today I guess). They might only be 4, but there are two of them and I’m sure their mom […]

By mike -- 3 comments

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 […]

By mike -- 8 comments

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 […]

By mike -- 0 comments

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 […]

By mike -- 0 comments

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 […]

By mike -- 0 comments

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 […]

By mike -- 0 comments

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 […]

By mike -- 1 comment

November 17th, 2006

Reading to your kid

Most people understand how important it is to read to kids when they are little. Storytime also provides a way for you to interact with your children while cuddling on a bed or floor with the kids.  In just a few minutes, you can help improve your kid’s ability to read, increase their interest […]

By mike -- 3 comments