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Day 8: Snack Attack!
Kids are little, right? Like, way smaller than the average adult. So how is it that they seem to have a constant, insatiable desire to eat? Well, I should clarify that it is often a constant and insatiable desire to eat at any moment in time other than when the family...
Day 7: National Goof Off Day
On the obscure holidays calendar, March 22 is National Goof Off Day. It also happens to be my birthday. Do the two have anything to do with each other? Probably not, but since National Goof Off Day began in 1976 and I was born in 1974, I like to think I had something...
My Half-Birthday
By guest blogger Amelia Schneider, Age 6 Yesterday I had sum ice cream and a Oreo for my half birthday. But we did not play a game, but we learned about Australia. So we went to bed. It was fun.Amelia's notes about AustraliaOn Sunday...
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Day 6: Saturday [Not In] the Park
Saturdays in the Schneider Haus have typically been all about getting out and doing things like grocery shopping and running errands. This Saturday was no different. I ran into the basement to bring up some more paper towel and frozen peas.The weather has been warming...
Day 5: Bubble, Bubble, Toil and…More Bubbles
TGIF! It's Friday! Thank goodness it's the end of the week so we can launch into the weekend and...well...I guess do pretty much the same stuff we've been doing during the week.On the productivity front, it was a pretty good day for me. For one, I didn't have any...
Day 4: Snow Way
"At least we can go for nice walks outside in the lovely, spring weather!" -- Me, looking at the bright side, just two days ago."You know this is Colorado in springtime, right?" -- The Weather, being a jackass, today.As if inspired by all the posts out there about how...
Day 3: Food Fight!
OK, not a food fight in the "Animal House" sense of the term. Given that Wednesday was cleaning day and we spent a while tidying the kitchen, an actual food fight would have been especially frustrating.What I'm talking about here is something probably lots of parents...
Day 2: Signs, Signs, Everywhere Are Signs
My wife is a health coach, and has been a great guide to the kids and me as we try remain sane through the surreal times we live in. Erin suggests things like practicing self care, deep breathing, eating healthy whole foods and getting exercise. This is wise advice,...
Day 1: Monday, Monday. Can’t Trust That Day
It is the first day of "Extended Spring Break." It's a nice, positive sounding euphemism, in the way that the term "spring cleaning" gives a pleasant spin to a weekend bootcamp of grueling household chores. But I suppose "extended spring break" sounds much better than...
