Tag: children
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A traumatic experience for the 8 yr old
My 8-yr old was carrying around his empty candy wrapper. I asked him to put it in the trash. He walked over to the trash, carefully dropped the wrapper inside […]
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Fig Newtons explained
My kids tried Fig Newton cookies on vacation. 8 yr old: Why do they call them Fig Newtons? 10 yr old: Because they follow the laws of gravity. (And then […]
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Great parenting
Get out there and roll on the grass! That’s what we did when we were kids and we liked it! No, I’m not charging your gameboy. Now git!
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Texas in the eyes of my children
I like to give my kids cameras on all trips to encourage them to take pictures of what is most interesting and important to them. Today I give you photos […]
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Summer Camp
In Sweden, most kids through Grade 3 have the opportunity for a free-time club through the schools during the summer. After Grade 3, you’re on your own once school is […]
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Riddle: What do all Swedes do when it rains?
Answer: They go to Ikea of course! (ok, not really a riddle… more of a question…. and pretty lame, I know.) We made our bi-annual, required by Swedish law, trip […]
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Call me Donald
I asked my son what I thought would be a fun question the other day: “If I were a cartoon character, who would I be?” His answer, with no hesitation, […]
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Indoor Play Centers – A 2-hour Lord of the Flies Experience
This past weekend, my child was invited to a birthday party at an indoor play center. These centers are great, especially in places like Sweden where we don’t always have […]
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Pokemon Logic
Kids don’t like it when you try to add logic to their cartoons. I tried to be a nice parent today and watch a Pokemon episode with my son. These […]
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Disneyland Paris
We finally took the kids to Disneyland Paris last week. (You see, you have to wait until they are over 1 meter tall so they can ride things.) They loved […]
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Crêpes, crêpes and more crêpes
After our trip to Paris last week, our children have discovered the joys that are crêpes. Nutella crêpes, Honey crêpes, Maple syrup crêpes, chocolate and more than I can remember. We had crêpes every day of our trip […]
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Paris – hunchbacks, cats and old robots
We are taking the kids to Paris today! It will be their first time there. I’ve been trying to prepare them for the past few weeks with movies about Paris. […]
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Reasons my kids won’t go to sleep
Here are the reasons the kids wouldn’t go to sleep just for last night: 1. Thirsty 2. Thought they heard someone playing a computer game. 3. Had an idea for […]
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Twins
My oldest son has twins in his class. I said, “Are they identical twins or fraternal?” He replied, “There are twins in my class?” I guess that answers my question.
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Alexa, can you babysit the kids for 10 minutes?
So our family got an Amazon Echo yesterday. Amazon Echo is a voice command device that can answer questions and play music. Echo offers weather and news and can also […]
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Who decides? I decide!
My children were complaining this week that the weekends should be longer. I slammed my fist on the table and said, “I shall make it so that this weekend is […]
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The easy (lazy) way to teach kids another language
On our recent trip to Germany, we bought our kids a Furby. This is a talking animal that interacts with you. Apparently there are things you can do to change it’s […]
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Playground politics
I’ve been reading a book recently on World War 2 and was trying to mention a few things to my 10-year old son yesterday, which simply lead to a re-hash […]
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My new improvements
Today is my 40th birthday. My 10-year old son drew a picture of what I look like at age 40. I’m really going to enjoy my new improvements, especially the […]
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Flying solo…
…or duet, in my kids’ case. Today we are sending our kids on their first flight alone to visit their grandparents. Luckily, it’s only a 30 minute flight and they […]