Kids

When Your 5th Grader Has Food Allergies, a Cheap Wireless Plan Isn’t So Strange

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I’ve mentioned before that Jason has food allergies. He’s severely allergic to tree nuts, peanuts and seeds. He carries around an epipen with him in a small black-and-white checkered backpack, along with a water bottle. Yep, he can’t even share a water fountain. What he doesn’t carry around, though, is a cell phone. So finding a good, cheap wireless plan is certainly something Allie and I have discussed. Yep, it’s tough raising a kid with …

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Ear Hair, What is it Good For?

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This morning, Ryan came into my room around 9 a.m. and woke me up. I’ve been sleeping in lately, trying to rest up from my bout with pneumonia. Okay, even if I wasn’t sick, I’d sleep late on the weekends. But at least now I have a legitimate excuse. Anyways, Ry came in to really get the iPad from my nightstand, but he also likes to say good morning and tell me to go back …

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Ryan Puts His Cares Away and Heads Down to Fraggle Rock

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Dance your cares away. Worries for another day. Let the music play… Down in Fraggle Rock! If the theme song to Fraggle Rock is now stuck in your head for the rest of the day, well… you’re welcome. I remember watching the Fraggles on HBO with my sister when we were kids. There was Marjorie the trash heap. The adorable Play-Doh-bodied Doozers. Doc and Sprockets, the cutest dog puppet ever made. (Sorry, Triumph.) The fat, …

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My Niece, a Rabbi and Jake Puckerman Walk into a Bat Mitzvah…

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This past weekend, my always-smiling little niece Amanda had her Bat Mitzvah. While she’s the first neice of mine to have one so far, two of my nephews had one last year. Even so, this one made me feel a tad bit old. Maybe it’s because we’re almost at the halfway point of having all the kids reach their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Heck, any day now we should be learning the date of Jason’s …

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The Most Important Rule of Little League – #everyfield

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UPDATE: This IS indeed a real sign! It’s also a real movement with a few different awesome individuals and companies joining forces. The poem is by Chaplain Bob Fox and the movement was kicked off by the mighty Joel McKinnon of McKinnon Insurance.   I saw this posted on Facebook earlier today and it really touched me. Yes, I’m a guy, but I’m allowed to have a sensitive side. Plus, it’s baseball related. Find me one …

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