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It takes a village

There’s this kid at school that’s been hassling AE for quite a while now.  At first it didn’t seem like a big deal, and was in fact material for pretty funny school journal entries.  But then it continued.  Almost every day AE would come home saying that Alex S. had punched him in the privates.  [...]

To raise a man

We’ve reached the point with AE where parenting is far less of a physical challenge, but more of a mental one.  And unfortunately, I think this is also the part where you can scar your kid for life.  Twenty years from now, Miss T isn’t likely to recall that I let her cry in her [...]

Two things: One important, the other less so.

Two completely unrelated things, that is, but N is out of town for the evening and I’m sitting here with hours of lonely Friday evening stretching before me, so this is what you get.

Happy Birthday, Baby Girl

Dear Miss T, The past year has flown by, and here we are again.   Today you’re two years old.  Today, we can’t even pretend that you’re still a baby.  You’ve made that transition to…well, a tiny person. Your personality is in full bloom and let me just say, WOW. You amaze me every day, [...]

Seven

Wow.  Just…wow.  Another year has passed, and it’s time for me to bust out my serious cap and try and write another letter to my fabulous baby AE. Dear AE: You turn seven today.  And in all honesty, that just boggles my mind.  There’s nothing about you that’s little anymore.  Your long legs, loose teeth [...]