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Weekends Are For Kids

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids

Another post from the baseball world from Joshua. At our last practice, we went for almost 2 hours. Wow. The last thing of the night was a base running contest. So the coach put all the boys in a line, spreading out the faster and slower ones. Joshua was positioned last. The context was this: [...]

Weekends Are For Kids

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids

I’ll be honest – Thursday was a tough day. Not only did Joshua have his dose of chemo on Wednesday, but Thursday was the first day of baseball practice. And we found ourselves moving into a new world of sports. Our neighborhood league evidently has a long and illustrious history of many championships of something [...]

Weekends Are For Kids

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids

(Today’s post done by guest blogger, Joshua Kelley, who has elected to express his thoughts in story form) “Once upon a time, there was a man that liked to go in caves. And then when he went into that cave, he always found precious jewels. Suddenly there was a dinosaur! The man said, “What are [...]

Weekends Are For Kids

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids

Band-aids. I can’t remember if it was like this when I was a kid, but we go through band-aids by the stinkin’ gross at our house. Apparently, both our children are under the delusion that a band-aid makes it feel better. I swear last week Joshua looked like he was being held together with the [...]

Weekends Are For Kids

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids

Dear Joshua: As of Thursday, you are a big, bad, 5-year-old boy, and though you have said in the last couple of days that you don’t feel like you’re 5, you can’t possibly have that feeling as much as I do. The truth is that your 5 years have been some of the greatest – [...]

Weekends Are For Kids

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids

There are a few things that Joshua hates. One is sitting in his room with the door shut. Another is squash, or any other gourd-like vegetable. We had a horrible time this week convincing Joshua that the bread he was scarfing down this sweet bread that it made out of zuccini. It was an absolute [...]

Weekends Are For Kids

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids

We are in the middle of potty training. Man, it’s frustrating. There’s nothing like asking a kid every 30 minutes, “Do you need to pee-pee?” Then there’s nothing like doing a celebration “human excrement” dance every time something appears in that little potty. To further along the process, we have adopted the M&M method of [...]

Weekends Are For Kids

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids

Knowing that the subject could potentially open up a can of worms, it was time to tell Joshua and Andi that we’re going to have another baby. Andi said she would give him/her kisses. Joshua? Well, not so smooth… Adult: “Guess what, guys? We’re going to have another baby in our house.” Joshua: “Today?” Adult: [...]

Weekends Are For Kids

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Weekends Are For Kids

If you saw last week’s “Weekends Are For Kids,” you know that number 3 is on the way. That’s cool; we like our kids so far. No reason to buck the trend now. However, this development has launched us headlong into minivan shopping. Minivan. It’s hard to even say. But there it is – and [...]