Children watch everything you do as parents. The good parts and the bad parts. I’ve done a good job cleaning up my language around my kids, eating my vegetables and tidying up around the house. And Ace has definitely picked up on those things. But he’s also caught me slip with a four-letter word on a […]
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Tigers Baseball Game with the Family
Alt Title: How to Go to the Baseball Game with Little Kids and Not Completely Lose Your Mind I love baseball. As a kid, I would sit in the kitchen with my great grandfather and listen to the Tigers on the radio and Ernie Harwell calling all the home runs, “loooooong gooooone”. These days, it’s […]
Our Saturday at Detroit Kid City
On Saturday, I took the kids to Detroit Kid City. Bea could care less and was only interested in eating, but Ace loved it. Surprisingly, it was fairly empty. My guess is that people were out shopping for Father’s Day or were at the pool since it was such a hot day. Either way, it […]
Bea is 1 Month Old!
Bea is officially one month old now and the last thirty days have flown by. The Highlights She sleeps about 2-3 hours during the day at 3-4 hours at night She has an appetite to rival any competitive eater She has a head full of dark curly hair She is a champion yawner and stretcher She’s […]
A Healing Amber Necklace for Natural Teething Relief
A friend of mine recently asked me about how teething went with Ace, since her daughter is starting to cut teeth now. She was telling me about how miserable her daughter is, but I wasn’t really able to sympathize. We never had any fussiness, uncontrollable drooling or other teething related issues to speak of. It […]
No Baby Shower, but a Kickback for Bea
Last weekend, we had a little kickback at our house for Bea. Eventhough I’m having a baby of a different sex this time, I knew I didn’t want a shower and I hesitated to even call it a sprinkle. Really, it was just an excuse for us to hang out with our family and friends who […]
The Anticipation of Spring
I know it won’t officially be spring until March 20th because I asked Siri and that’s what she told me. That doesn’t stop me though from looking forward to its arrival in over the top kind of way. I’m anticipating Spring in the same way that some people anticipate the start of a new year or their birthday. […]