When Abby gets sick, you know it. For a kid who has no trouble smiling, you can’t get one out of her for love nor money when she’s not well.
When we packed her up to send her off to her after-school program (teacher work day), we knew she didn’t feel well - a stuffy head. [...]
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Sick little ones always get me down
A Wii bit o’ news
I guess we can blame it on the babysitter.
This summer, the kids spent some time with one of our neighbors, a teenager who helped us out during the weeks the kids weren’t in camp. That fact that she lived two houses away from us - and had a car - was perfect. Not only that, [...]
Ever heard of a bruised growth plate?
It’s what happens when a 10-year-old sticks her foot in between another 10-year-old’s foot and a soccer ball.
Abby’s fine and the limping has finally stopped after a week. Now, she’s getting a cold.
Don’t you just love the fall?
PBS redesigns parents Web site
PBS Parents has redesigned its web site. Big news? I dunno. Just thought it was interesting. I am impressed by the orange; it woke me up this morning.
A couple of areas do appear to be interesting: 1. The Guide to Understanding and Raising Girls section (it’s grape!!!!), and 2. Talking with Kids (more grape!!!!), providing [...]
Home schooling
I picked up the girls after a play date at their friends’ house. Camille was particular upset about a cell phone of all things. She cried practically the whole way home.
But she managed to ask during the trip:
“Daddy, do you have to be rich to be home schooled?”
“No, darlin’. But you have to make quite [...]
We’re still here!
Neither heat nor humidity nor rain nor gloom of night stays this family from the swift completion of their blogging rounds.
But having too much to do and not enough time to do it will.
We’re still kickin’ but not resting during the summer.
A couple of upcoming events:
The kids and I are going to see my folks [...]
Beautiful soul
His name was Eddie Graham Vaughan Jr., but the family always called him Little Eddie to distinguish him from his dad, Eddie Sr. Of course, by the time he became a young man, that nickname was a major misnomer. He was tall, with an imposing physique — you could imagine him crushing a beer keg [...]
Sadly, a life cut short
For Susan, it was a bitter pill to swallow: The family lost a beautiful life. Eddie Vaughan, a master officer with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, was killed in a motorcycle accident Monday night [click for story via Hendersondispatch.com].
Just last year, WRAL had interviewed him in a report about low water levels at Kerr Lake [...]
Surviving a dog attack
With the girls out of town, Pippin and I have been able to take really long walks in the evening. Most have been uneventful but enjoyable. But you never know when you’re going to get blindsided. Last evening, I learned the hard way that you can never let down your guard.
Pippin and I were returning [...]
Feeling powerless
Since she was 5, we’d take Abby to Delaware to stay with my parents for at least a week. It’s a great opportunity for her to decompress from the end of the school year. It gives my parents lots of quality time with her that they rarely get. And it gives us a break.
Camille started [...]
Yanked
Camille’s second tooth is now in the hands of the Tooth Fairy. Susan yanked it out. I’d stepped out for a few, but I came back to a big toothy grin - she’d already started with the second set.
And school’s out. Temperatures are dropping. All good news for the summer ahead.
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12 is silk
Something I didn’t know: Your 12th anniversary is silk.
My wife looked it up ’cause today’s our 12th. I didn’t get silk for her (who knew?). But I’m claiming my silky, smooth moves for getting her to say yes.
Like when I asked her to marry me in my parents’ car in the parking lot of the [...]
