Tag Archives: Parenting As Child Exploitation

Speak Up

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Daniel monk Pelfrey

After returning from the store Dela (age 7) asks “What’s Borax?” August (age 10) without missing a beat chimes in “It’s like the Lorax, but for Laundry.” “What” “I am the Borax and I speak for the clothes.”  

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Phamily Foto Phriday 5-17-13

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Daniel monk Pelfrey

I have six pictures and two birthdays to share this week. Tuesday was August’s actual 10th birthday. I previously posted about his party last Friday. Here he is blowing out the candles on his cake.   Then he opened up … Continue reading →

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Not A Time Out

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Daniel monk Pelfrey

Ciaran (5) and Xavier (3) are playing in the front room. They start getting into something they shouldn’t. What that is isn’t important. I raise my voice and say “Get out of there!” They immediately run and sit together in … Continue reading →

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Of Birthdays And Posts

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Daniel monk Pelfrey

Last year I started making specific posts for each kid as they celebrated their annual milestone. It started with August as turned 9, followed almost immediately by Xavier as he turned 2. Ciaran was central in a post in July, … Continue reading →

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The Birthday Party Game

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Daniel monk Pelfrey

Friday we had my son Augut’s 10th birthday party. He wanted to do the same thing as last year – the video game truck. I went through my archives and couldn’t find the post I had about the event, which … Continue reading →

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Phamily Foto Phriday 5-11-13

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Daniel monk Pelfrey

Look, I know it’s not Friday. Or Phriday. Yesterday I got rather distracted by a number of events culminating in August’s birthday party. There will be a blog post about that next week. This post is all about my daughter. … Continue reading →

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Kids: 2 Jokes In 1

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Daniel monk Pelfrey

We are sitting around the dinner table, eating our dinner, chatting about who knows what. Eventually the topic shifts to eye color. Each of our 5 kids have different eye color. None of them have the same color as Laura … Continue reading →

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May The Fourth Be With Us

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Daniel monk Pelfrey

How are you celebrating Star Wars Day? Hasbro graciously sent us a few things to help celebrate May The Fourth (Be With You).   Thanks Hasbro!!

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Phamily Foto Phriday 5-3-13

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Daniel monk Pelfrey

Remember last week’s Shark Princess? He turned into an ice cream cone. No, really. He walked around saying he was an ice cream cone. Thursday night was performance night for the 3rd – 5th graders. I couldn’t get a shot … Continue reading →

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Up And Down And Up And Down

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Daniel monk Pelfrey

Dear Xavier, I love you. I really do. But this is getting ridiculous. I sort of understand the issues about not wanting to go to sleep and getting out of bed, and you’re not the first kid to do that. … Continue reading →

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