Tag: children
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Advertising to children
Many people in Texas are often surprised when we visit at how seriously our kids take the commercials. When we’ve been there, they’ve told me things like, “Mamma! You should […]
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New Year’s haircut
I remember the time my friend got his hair cut by a barber named 'Shaky'.
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Deep discussions between 5-7 year olds
Overheard with the 5 yr old neighbor girl and my 7 yr old son. Girl: Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Boy: What do you mean? Girl: Do you have […]
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Differences between TX and Swedish kids
My friend Erin in Texas told me that she and her kids spent the morning in their yard hunting a possum with a baseball bat. It’s a shame with all […]
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A 10 year old with a phone
Now that my son has to travel on his own to school, we gave him his own phone. Giving a 10-year old their own phone results in daily messages like […]
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Blood Pudding
My oldest son had his 10th birthday this week. I told him he could have anything he wanted for dinner, so he chose – Blood Pudding. Blood Pudding? You know, […]
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Don’t try this at home
My kids just discovered “Mythbusters.” Should I worry that they laugh maniacally at the “don’t try this at home” warning?
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Nerf
I saw a commercial for a “new” Nerf gun. You know, the kind that shoots the foam darts? You had that around when you were a kid, right? Well they […]
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Breakfast on Mondays…
….and breakfast on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, etc. Basically any weekday when I need to get my kids up to catch the bus. Amazingly, my youngest son always has some sort of […]
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Forms for children
I got a hold of some more Life magazines from the 1960s. I like this form for children to fill out. Everything is going along nicely until…… WHAT DO YOU […]
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Cheap vacations
My cousin once took her young son to the Lego store at the Galleria and let him play there for an hour. When he was done, she told him that […]
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My half-Texan son
I found out that my son hit another boy last week at school. My son is normally very calm and quiet, so I was concerned and asked what happened. He […]
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All hail Pikachu
Now this is how you take over the world. My kids would follow Japanese cartoon characters anywhere.
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YOU drive the bus!
Ok, I understand that parents are outraged, and I probably would be too, but you have to admit it is a little funny. I think we’ve all had days where […]
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In my day…
We had a parent-teacher conference for our youngest son last week. Over here, they invite the student to particpate in the parent-teacher conference. I really don’t get this concept. When […]
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Vegetable Soup (Outerscope)
Don’t worry. I’m not letting myself off the hook with my week-long posts about the creepiest and worst kids’ t.v. shows ever. I end this week with a clip from […]
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A Japanese cartoon interlude
Going with my theme of horrible kids’ shows…. Some might think this is awful, but this is actually the only one on this list that I like and I would […]
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Vilse i Pannkakan (Lost in the pancake)
Oh, Sweden isn’t escaping my week of messed-up children’s programming. This is from the 70s in Sweden. My husband often speaks of this show and then shudders, going into an […]