I worked from home yesterday, to give Junior a much-needed break from the endless holiday break play-dates, ski camps, and YMCA care. I got a nice break, too, when I spent a few minutes on the trampoline with him (it IS 60 degrees here in Boulder, CO after all). During a little tramp snuggle time, [...]
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The Trampoline Philosopher
Posted in Junior, parenting on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
T-Ball 101
Posted in family, Junior, parenting, tagged family, Junior, parenting, tee-ball on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Say “Hi” to Coach MaryBeth. And no, this isn’t a life-long ambition fulfilled at last – sorry, no bucket-list check-off for this one. It would be more appropriate to put this in the “No good deed goes unpunished” column. Either that or “Naivete has its price”. Who knew (we didn’t) that Little League coaches were [...]
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Posted in family, Junior, parenting, tagged food, Junior on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Double Dark Chocolate from Glacier – the perfect remedy for a bonk on the head!
Trading Kids….An Adult Steamboat getaway.
Posted in family, Junior, parenting, skiing, tagged parenting, skiing, vacation on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In one of our very first posts on this blog, we talked about Trading Kids. We put that system to the test a couple of weeks ago when Mark and I went to Steamboat for 5 days of ski heaven. Without Junior. Before we left, I let both our Nederland friends and Junior’s preschool know [...]
First Snow….and we’re still Biking!
Posted in bike commuting, biking, Junior, parenting, xtracycle, tagged bike commuting, Junior, parenting, xtracycle on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t imagine why Junior didn’t want to ride his bike to school Friday morning. It took a lot of convincing, but he eventually caved….and we had a lot of fun. As usual.Lately we’ve been into “experiments” and “observing”. I think it might be genetic. During this snowy commute, we observed that some trees still [...]
Made with Love
Posted in baking, parenting, recipes, whole food, tagged baking, parenting, recipes, whole food on November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Junior loves to cook. I’m not sure if it because he likes to spend time with me (and I can usually be found in the kitchen), he likes the ‘tastings’ on the way to making dinner, or he simply likes creating yummy-in-the-tummy-can’t-get-enough food. This weekend, I think it was “all of the above”. It turns [...]
A Boulder Staycation
Posted in biking, family, parenting, staycation, vacation, tagged family, parenting, vacation on August 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We plan a vacation every July. The timing is picked for us as our vacation coincides with the week that the teachers at Junior’s preschool have determined is the week that they will have had enough of other people’s children. We either give the teachers a break or face up to the very real possibility [...]
Do they make Xtracycles for 12″ bikes?
Posted in bike commuting, family, Farmers' Market, parenting, xtracycle, tagged bike commuting, family, Farmers' Market, Junior, parenting, xtracycle on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Habits are formed early, so we’ve been trying to influence Junior’s transportation habits since he was a wee young thing. When he was really little MaryBeth would occasionally take him on the bus to/from school. For a toddler, there was no cooler method of transportation than mass transit – let’s hope that sentiment sticks with [...]
The Sidewalk Cafe
Posted in family, parenting, sidewalk cafe, tagged family, parenting, sidewalk cafe on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been enjoying a great summer at our new house this year. We moved in last October shortly before the weather turned cold and pushed everyone indoors. We had met some of our neighbors briefly but ski season seemed to keep us, and many of the neighbors, on the move continuously so the opportunity to [...]
Trading Kids
Posted in family, parenting, tagged family, parenting on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s said that if you love something let it go…blah blah blah, you know the rest. What we’ve not heard is the corollary regarding “trading” things you love. Not bartering mind you, because in this instance you aren’t swapping your junk for someone else’s junk. We’re talking about straight up trading…your kid. Before somebody sends [...]
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