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July 24, 2008

Birthday planning begins

K-Man’s third b’day is a little under two months away. This, of course, means that that we’re deep into the birthday R&D process. We know that K-Man’s party will have a firefighter, fire truck and firehouse theme. We know that there will be helmets and hoses and plenty of other goodies to go around. And yet, there’s still SO MUCH to figure out. [more]

July 12, 2008

Note to self: On buying birthday presents

One of K-Man’s friends is having a b’day party tomorrow. As any parent can attest, there’s nothing all that unique about a birthday party on a weekend. In fact, as the kids grow older and get involved in more programs (or school), it seems the number of birthday parties grows exponentially. And, as any parent knows, the growing number of birthday parties means buying an equally growing number of birthday presents. Since tomorrow’s party is for one of K’s better friends, I thought I’d bring him along to pick out the gift. Bad idea. [more]

April 21, 2008

Dude!

As K-Man and I were hanging out today (at a firehouse, of course), I was somewhat taken aback by how he’s really, truly turning into a little boy. I know the transition from newborn to baby to toddler happened in a blink. Somehow, though, he has morphed into a kid. Seems I say that every month now. And, maybe that’s just how it’s gonna go from here on out. I wasn’t ever all that impressed with the “miracle of life” in those early days, but I’m now slammed by it each and every month. [more]