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Four Year Olds Actually Travel Quite Well

I don’t mean to scare everyone with children into never road tripping with those children. Your children might be fine! Your mileage may vary! Your car may be air conditioned! The main problem with our ambitious (that’s code for stupid) … Continue reading

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And You Should See the Bugs on the Car’s Front Grill

Today we went to Queen’s Park, as you do when you have small children and it is eleventy million degrees hot outside. The trees make it cool and then of course there is the water park. Nutritious AND refreshing to … Continue reading

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Gone Fishing

PS: I went back for The Shoes and when I tried them on again, the right foot was bigger than the left. 1. WTF? Isn’t that, like, totally backwards? It is for me anyway. 2. Because of the too-loose fit, … Continue reading

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Shock!

You may have been writing about your life too long if you go to write about some aspect of your personality and think: but have I written this before? and then spend 20 minutes going through your own archives looking … Continue reading

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Controversunday: That New York Times Article

I have a love/hate thing with parenting articles. On the one hand, I think they’re often more divisive than informative. They imply that someone is doing it RIGHT and the other guys are doing it WRONG. On the other hand, … Continue reading

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