Last Monday, Chris worked from home. In the afternoon, he took Kaitlyn to a nearby park to play. This park has two play structures, a newer one near the front and an older one near the back, and a bathroom building. When Kaitlyn needed to go potty, they were at the front playground, so he put her in the car and drove her to the back of the park to go to the bathroom. Chris has a policy of never taking Kaitlyn into a men's bathroom, because they are always filthy. He doesn't even like the boys going into them. So, Chris took Kaitlyn into the women's bathroom just long enough to help her up onto the potty, then he stood outside the building waiting for her to finish. When she called to him that she was done, he went back in to help her wash her hands, then they got back in the car and drove back to the front of the park. Kaitlyn ran off to play and Chris started chatting with another Dad that was there with his daughter, and as they were sitting there, a police car pulled up. … [Read more...]
When you never go anywhere, people send their kids to you
The phone starts ringing right around 4:00 every Friday afternoon. "Hello, this is F., is Nathan there?" "Hey Mrs. Edwards, it's B. Is Ryan home?" I love that my boys have friends, good friends who are good kids with parents we like. And I understand the desire to spend as much non-school time with those friends as possible. But I swear sometimes it feels like we have a sign on our door that says "send us your kids". F.'s Mom is divorced and a teacher. The only time she can get anything done is on the weekends, and when she has things to do like shopping for clothes or getting her hair done, she hates to drag F. along. So, she has him call and innocently ask what Nathan is doing, when what she really wants to ask is can she drop him off at our house? B.'s parents both work, and they have a summer house Up North. This weekend they are going up to open the house, but there's no guarantee that any of the other kids whose parents have homes up there will be … [Read more...]
Table for Five’s Father’s Day Gift Guide
Okay, so here's the thing- I thought Father's Day was NEXT SUNDAY. My Outlook Calendar has posts scheduled for that whole week, which is when I was going to tell you all about the best, hottest gifts for Dads this Father's Day. Which is THIS SUNDAY! OOOOOOPS! So, instead, you get the gift guide TODAY! Here's how it's going to work-I'm going to tell you about and link to some great products that I have personally researched that I think will make great gifts for Dads. Some can be bought in stores, so if you haven't already bought something, you still have time (go, this weekend! Go SHOPPING!). Anything that needs to be purchased online, here's what you do-if it's the perfect gift, print out a screenshot of the page and fold it up inside a Father's Day card that lets him know that the gift has been ordered and is on it's way! Ready? Let's talk great Father's Day Gifts! For Dads Who Aren't Too Manly To Admit They Like Flowers: As part of their Happy Hour collection, 1-800-Flowers … [Read more...]
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