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We moved back to Minnesota in November 2021 and I was very conflicted at the time (see: Leaving home , Leaving home part II , and The...

Kindergarten, and 'real school,' is when most kids truly start learning to read. It's a crazy process to watch, and one that's certainly...

'She's SO cute!' Everywhere we go, our daughter, our youngest and kid #3, gets this response. The comments used to focus almost...

In the past year I've started to feel old. Not elderly, or frail, to be clear, but I think there's a difference from not that long ago....

Our eldest is motivated to make money. Or, I guess I should say, he's motivated to spend money. We don't buy many extra toys, outside...

On Friday we embarked on potty training round three, always a trial by fire, with our nearly two and a half year old little girl. For...

Life doesn't ever slow down once you have kids, or at least it hasn't for us. In fact it seems to constantly be accelerating. While life...

For boy #2 we're in a period of transitioning away from naps. Remember, this is the one I once named ' the baby tornado , ' an apt...

Time flew the fastest this summer and I'm both kinda sad it's over and glad for it. Prior to this year we'd travel a little bit and...

I don't often get sick, and when I do it's not often all that bad or for all that long. Most of the time when I sense a bad headache or a...

Last week we were in Alaska again and, while it's always a good trip, it brings some challenges both physical and emotional. From MSP...

As a kid I was relayed the old wives' tale that men inherit their hair from their maternal grandfather and, since mine was completely...

I'm sure I've said in the past how kid #1, our son, is basically my Mini-Me. It's not a reference to how he looks, it's that he generally...

The first year with a kid can be a challenge for a dad. It's hard to connect with a little baby like a mother does, we don't have the...

Not too long ago I was toying with writing a 'cooking as therapy' post. Over the last few years I've been taking over more and more of...

I haven't always been good about going to the doctor for routine, preventative visits, but I have made it in twice in the last two years....

With our first two children, the boys, we had few problems with sleeping through the night. #1 from birth was an incredible sleeper and...

I often get annoyed with our eldest son, too often. There are other circumstances, to be sure, but one type of interaction has really...

Summer is over and it's the school year again. Before now that didn't mean a lot, even when #1 was in preschool four days a week that's...

I never did a follow-up for potty training boy #2 and that's warranted. Surely I don't remember everything from doing this with #1, but...