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Weekends Are For Kids
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It was a game of hide-and-seek gone wrong. Though it started off okay. Joshua was seeking. I was helping Andi hide. In s stroke of brilliance, I hid her behind the door in her room then moved the plush blue chair to a different corner than it usually sits. Joshua came in looking for her [...]
Weekends Are For Kids
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids
Ever wonder what goes on upstairs after you put the kids to bed? I have. But we got a taste this week. The thing is we live in an old house. Our bedroom is on the lower level; the kids sleep upstairs. But their rooms are directly over ours, so we can hear the pitter [...]
Weekends Are For Kids
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids
At Joshua’s pre-K class for the last few weeks, they’ve been doing a series about safety. After he’s come home, we’ve learned collectively about the dangers of smoke inhilation and the proper way to stop, drop, and roll from the day the fireman visited. This week, there was a police officer who came to share [...]
Weekends Are For Kids
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids
Ever watched Man Vs. Wild? If you’re not familiar with the concept, this guy (whose name is Bear. no, really.) is dropped into these ridiculous environments where he has to survive. He eats raw fish and bugs, makes fires from nothing, and occasionally drinks his own urine. I tried to watch an episode with Andi [...]
Weekends Are For Kids
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids
Apparently kids can (and do) remember pretty much everything – even the stuff you might not want them to. I offer as proof of this hypothesis two separate conversations I had with my kids after the Superbowl and the advertising bonanza that it is. CONVERSATION 1: ME: Andi, please stop hitting me in the face. [...]
Weekends Are For Kids
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids
It seems that our new son, Christian, is creating a good deal of confusion in the house. Take last week, for example, when I was driving home from church with Joshua and Andi. An Abbott and Costello routine errupted in the back seat. Joshua: We were at church with Christians. Andi: Christian’s at home. Joshua: [...]
Weekends Are For Kids
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids
Weekends are for kids, and we’ve got a new one. Meet Christian Parker Kelley. Born this week on January 6th. Seven pounds, 6 ounces. Here he is with his beautiful mommy.
Weekends Are For Kids
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids
We went to the emergency room last night, maybe for the last time. Joshua got a fever, so off we went. Everyone there was growing snouts and expressed an overwhelming desire for truffles. So we instructed Joshua to not touch anything. Anything. So he got checked out; counts were good; we were released about 8:30 [...]
Weekends Are For Kids
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids
Tomorrow, October 18th, is the 3 year anniversary of Joshua’s diagnosis with acute lymphocytic leukemia. That also means that as of today, he has been undergoing chemotherapy for 2 years, 363 days. Hard to believe it’s been 3 years. We just wanted to reflect a little with a few pictures, starting just before he was [...]
Weekends Are For Kids
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids
Andi has won my heart. I mean, come on – look at her. One problem in life right now, though – Andi does not like to be dropped off places. She cries when she goes to Sunday School. She cries when she goes to school. She cries even when she has to go upstairs to [...]
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