Parenting poll…
Just curious to see if this increases the responses on my poll…..
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That was nuts!
Clearly, it’s been a while since I posted. In the post move ruckus, I was dealing with the normal change stuff, but when I planned the move, I seem to have forgotten just how extensive my old website was. All kinds of crazy stuff that I don’t recall creating/linking to – but it’s there, so I must have done it. Apparently.
Anyway, when I’m not checking out the missing file error log, then I’ve been tweaking things. Oh, and working on the continued success of raising the kids and all that other fun/crazy stuff. Which reminds me: parentingchronicles.com seems to be offline, largely in part due to the way that the site is configured. Sorry, can’t change it now, but that will be fixed shortly (I hope).
What’s new…. Well, the kids are almost done with school for the year. We had the kindergarten picnic earlier this week – it went well, I thought – and we also bought a new camera:
The Canon PowerShot A560. It’s a super-fancy 7.1MP digital camera with 4x optical zoom and some other fancy stuff – like the new Automatic Face Finder thingee, which is all the rage with the cool kids of late. If your camera doesn’t have that, then you’re camera is old and weak. Really. You should just give up and go home 
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Anyway, like I said it’s a great camera. The LCD is 2.5″, which is pretty big – much bigger than we’re used to. It makes it easy to see what you’re getting a photo of, and makes it really easy to make sure you got the right shot. The only bad photos I’ve taken so far have been the ones with bad poses – or the usual eyes closed thing – I don’t think there’s a feature that can fix that, but I keep looking….
We’ve only taken a few photos with it so far, but as I said, they’ve been mostly good ones. :noah: has a T-Ball game today, so I’m hoping that I’ll be able to get some good photos during the game. If not (it will be me and three kids), then I’m hoping to be able to post some of the photos from Kindergarten picnic the other day.
We’ve also got some exciting stuff going on in the schooling front. Miss Abigail (Miss B or just plain :abby: ) is making the exciting from pre-school to Kindergarten. We don’t know who her teacher will be next year (although we’re liking Ms. Griffin after all of Noah’s success this year) we’re sure she’ll do fine.
Noah is moving up to the multi-age program. I think I’ve covered this before, but it’s two classrooms that are both 1st and 2nd graders. It’s a co-operative learning environment. I don’t know much about the theories behind it, I just know that the school has had a lot of success with the program, they’re proud of it, and :emma: had a good time with it when she was in the program. If our luck holds, Abby will be in the program in two years, which would mean that she and Noah will be together in some of their classes. Hopefully they’ll do a little better dealing with each other than they do now – but since that’s in two years, I’m hopeful that things will be ok.
:ethan: is progressing nicely. We’re not doing anything formal with him, but he’s a bit of a sponge when it comes to learning things. He’s working on colors, knows a shape or two, and is just a great, funny little monkey. He’s got more than a few words under his belt, and he’s starting to put toddler sentences together, which makes everyones lives easier (“I want cookie” is much more likely to get a cookie and no tears than “That!” and a lot of pointing in a general direction). Plus, who doesn’t love hearing “Daddy!” shouted when he spots me coming home and then a big hug from a little monkey? The other kids are all “Oh, hey, your home – can I have a snack?” or something.
Well, I think that’s enough updating for now. Emma’s got a party to go to, I have to get ready and then get the other three ready for the T-Ball game, and then there’s supposed to be some time for some lawn mowing later today, I hope. Well, maybe. Photos and updates, and will hopefully resume on a more frequent basis starting later today – depending on how T-Ball goes, I should think. -
adam
Life among the "unclean"
rotovirus – Google Search
When you live with four kids, and three of them go to public schools, occasionally they bring something home that you don’t want: a virus.
We currently have a some form of the rotovirus working it’s way around the family – it started with :ethan:, went to :abby:, and might be working on :noah: right now. Both :jen: and I are so far unaffected, but that will only last so long.
I’m glad that we had a nice weekend – the warm weather meant I could open the windows and try to air the house out a bit. We’ve washed just about every towel in the house now, and are working our way through all the bedsheets – and it’s not because they’ve got the virus in them, in case you’re thinking it. It’s all related to the virus. I think the local water company will be quite pleased with our next payment to them….
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adam
Britney: not immune to parenting
IOL: Sleepy Britney leaves New Year’s Eve party
Britney Spears finally appears to be acting like a new mother – by falling asleep on a New Year’s Eve night out.
It seems pretty lame on the face of it, but think about it – she’s finally getting worn out with all the panty-less partying, and apparently the strain of raising her two children without their father is taking it’s toll. I have to wonder, however, just how much help K-Fed was when they were still together. But that’s just me -
adam
Parenting Chronicles moved
I’ve just moved the “Parenting Chronicles” domain name I own over to my blog site – sort of. It goes to a sub-directory. It doesn’t matter to most visitors, but if you came here looking for my installation of Lilina, then you’ll have to wait until it’s moved over, if I even decide to do that.
In the mean time, as I post stuff in my “parenting” category, this site will update along with it. I hope.
More changes are coming, when and if I have time. -
adam
Good tips for Britney
Eric R. Danton | Sound Check: Suggestions for Britney Spears
Also…. Spears in Diaper Drama: Britney changed her sons diaper in the middle of a Victoria’s Secret. Literally in the middle – like right by the cash register.
Eric has a point – if she doesn’t want the drama, then she needs to get out of Dodge. And losing the dirtbag (aka her so called husband) wouldn’t hurt either. I can’t open my wifes “People” or “US” without reading about how they’re in therapy/getting divorced/converting to Scientology. Honestly, it’s getting a little old now….. Broom him or shape him up, ok? -
adam
GTWD: a new trend? How did I miss it?
Brianwho?, of Miles, etc sort of sums up part of the problem:
Miles, etc.: To The GTWD:
SAHM’s get a good amount of attention these days, and sympathy. It is much deserved, as they’ve earned it – and from time to time I’ve been right there with the rest of the left-leaning tree-huggers patting my wife on the back. And, lately, SAHD’s are even getting their 15 minutes, and they deserve it, too. But this here, this is my little shout out to the guy who loves the shit out of his family, and who works his ass off for them. In other words, this one goes out to all the Go To Work Dads.
I never really considered the plight of the GTWD (Go To Work Dad) – which is odd, considering that I’m one of them (us?). -
adam
Oh, the horror
:ethan: decided to fill his diaper this morning – not a problem, except that it was discovered at about 7:55, which is a few minutes before we all start to leave in the morning. The bigger problem was that he not only filled it, but he overflowed. And not just a little – it was so much that we ended up giving him a bath. Suffice it to say that it was not scheduled, nor especially convenient.
Sadly, his onsie was beyond hope of cleaning, so we tossed it out. I’m still washing my hands in an effort to feel clean again…..