A Five Year Old Hero

June 25, 2008

Quite often, as we go about our everyday lives, we tend to overlook a lot and take things for granted. As the busy parents of children, we get wrapped up in the thousands of details that make up this thing called Life — and it’s easy to forget that our children have different perspectives. Yet [...]

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Determination, Toddler Style

June 15, 2008

Like most German neighborhoods, there’s a playground not too far from our house. To get there, you have to walk down a hill with a very gradual downslope for about 200 yards / meters. No big deal, right?
Unless you’re barely two years old and are riding one of those “walking trikes”.
By a “walking trike”, I [...]

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They Grow Up Way Too Fast

May 18, 2008

Olivia, our “baby”, will be two years old in early June. Although I’ve seen it many times, I’m still amazed at how fast they grow up.
Tonight, just before bedtime, she sat on the couch, watching one of her favorite movies (I think she already has about 394 of them!), legs dangling off the edge of [...]

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Big Brother Is Watching Her

May 8, 2008

Well, the baby is almost two years old now, so I guess she’s not really a baby any more, is she? I asked her the other day if she is still a baby; she said “Yes”, so I guess that’s the official word!
One of the main differences between my older two children and my younger [...]

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Sunshine And Magnifying Glasses

April 20, 2008

Let’s talk about experimentation and discovery — and the potential abuse of powerful tools. Even this old experienced parent almost got it wrong today.
Today was the first really sunny and really warm day here in our area, and it just so happened that we visited some friends for dinner. They also have a five year [...]

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Preventing Child Abuse

April 13, 2008

Although I’ve traveled over much of the world and currently live an ocean away from where I grew up, I’m able to stay in touch with the news in my home town (Canton, Ohio) thanks to the Internet. I like to check out the home town newspaper (The Canton Repository) whenever I get a few [...]

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Test Post

April 13, 2008

This is a test post. I apologize for the inconvenience.
–Tom

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Three Syllable Words

April 13, 2008

(NOTE: This post was originally drafted back in mid-February 2008. I simply forgot to finish and publish it! — Tom)
Today Olivia said a three syllable word. She’s about 20.5 months old.
It kind of surprised me.
I’ve never claimed to be a child development expert or anything, and it may just be the proud parent in me [...]

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Five Years Old

April 13, 2008

Yesterday (April 12, 2008) was my son’s fifth birthday party. He officially turns five years old tomorrow, but it’s simply easier to let him think that his party day is his birthday!
Lots of things have happened during those five years. It simply amazes me how quickly children learn and grow during their childhood.
One of his [...]

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Am I Stuck In The Mud?

March 14, 2008

Sometimes I feel as if I have to have something of incredible value to share before I post to this blog. You know, some incredible parenting insight that I’ve gleaned from my 25+ years of parenting.
Oh, yuck. While I do have experience and like to blog, I don’t think that I’m an expert or anything.
So [...]

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