Have an Adventure Despite the Heat

It’s Thursday night (okay, technically it’s now Friday morning) and it’s time to start thinking about the weekend!
So, have I thought about it? What to do, what to recommend, what to suggest? Uh. No. What few braincells this heat didn’t melt early in the week got obliterated by the rigors of caring for a sick [...]

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101 Things to Do with a Sick Preschooler in a Heat Wave

Alright, so I don’t really have a hundred and one things to do, but it sure was a lot in one day. And the title was originally “101 things to do with a sick preschooler in heat,” but that was just wrong. Yeah, Cameron was home sick today. You’d think I’d clue in when he’s [...]

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Really the Best Thing

Do you know what’s really the best thing?
No, Cameron, tell me!
DOGFISH.
Cameron and I invented a new game on the way to daycare.  We took turns asking the other, and supplying answers with random snippets of wonderful.
Eating popcorn. Holding your hand. Two floating airplanes in the sky. Ants marching along a crack in the sidewalk. [...]

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Simple and Quick: Happinesses

It’s late. I’m tired. Time for a happinesses post!
A mostly tidy bedroom. It took hours, but I’ve moved furniture around, bagged up clothes for donation, moved two bins of stuff I need to sort through into my storage room (also reorganized). I still have to deal with the mess on my dresser, but we’re talking [...]

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Fireworks Opening Act: Mother Nature

The plan sounded good, in principle. Late nap, up for supper, head to the beach. Cameron could play in the sand while the sun set, then the warning fireworks would keep him entertained until the show began. Have you ever noticed that when you have a plan like that, one where everything depends on a [...]

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