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Monthly Archive: July 2014

Jul 07

Getting Your Kids to do Chores

This is no easy feat. I know it’s my own fault.  I’m a stay at home mom, and it’s easier for me to just DO it rather than have my kids “help.”   I used to pretend to give them chores, but never followed up on it, and would almost always end up just doing …

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Jul 04

Samuel Earl – on your eighth birthday

Eight is a significant milestone, I think.  They all are, I know that, but eight seems so much bigger than seven. I get a little teary eyed, when I think back over the past eight years.  How incredibly determined Sam has always been, how focused and intense he can be, and how incredibly easy and …

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Jul 02

Water Safety – It really does only take a second

(this is a repost from a few years ago, but totally worth repeating especially as summer gets underway) I hesitate to blog about this, simply because my mind is really avoiding going there, but the facts are that yesterday, we came within in minutes of Sam drowning. We were at a lake in one of the …

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