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Year 5, Day 101

Brain freeze! (Also, the sticker chart continues working like a charm.)

Brian Martin Uncategorized Leave a comment June 6, 2022June 12, 2022 1 Minute

Year 4, Day 359

As noted in yesterday's post, Miles has been struggling this week with misbehaving during the school day and finding himself sent to time-out. We get reports daily, and as this week has progressed we've felt more and more dejected each afternoon. Now, fortunately, Miles is pretty good about letting us honestly know how his day … Continue reading Year 4, Day 359 →

Brian Martin Uncategorized Leave a comment February 19, 2022February 25, 2022 1 Minute

Year 4, Day 35

With the move (and the fact that it ambushed us when we flipped the calendar to April), Easter really snuck up on us this year. Miles, however, is extremely ready for a repeat visit from the Easter Bunny, as evidenced by the éclat with which he presented all of the goodies he got at his … Continue reading Year 4, Day 35 →

Brian Martin Uncategorized Leave a comment April 1, 2021March 21, 2022 1 Minute

Year 3, Day 280

Mommy: "What do we leave out for Santa?" Miles: "Huh." Mommy: "To eat. What does Santa eat?" Miles: "Cookies." Mommy: "What kind of cookies?" Miles: "Christmas cookies." Mommy: "And what does Santa drink?" Miles: "Beer."

Brian Martin Uncategorized Leave a comment December 1, 2020December 2, 2020 1 Minute

Year 3, Day 143

When Miles awoke this morning, he immediately issued a decree. "Mommy! I wanna go to the ice cream shop!" We found his demand to be fair, if slightly unreasonable at 7:00 am, and so we promised that, at the end of the day, we would all go get ice cream. Miles was delighted. So delighted, … Continue reading Year 3, Day 143 →

Brian Martin Uncategorized Leave a comment July 17, 2020July 20, 2020 1 Minute

Year 3, Day 24

Check out this reverse psychology B.S. my kid pulled today: He goes to daycare and starts talking about how he's got a "Star Wars cake" at home (he does not). Eventually, that turns into "cupcakes." He's got "cupcakes" at home. Chocolate ones. He talks about this enough during the day that, when Jaclyn picks him … Continue reading Year 3, Day 24 →

Brian Martin Uncategorized Leave a comment March 20, 2020March 23, 2020 1 Minute
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