Smart Music

Each of our boys plays an instrument (or two).  Every afternoon, we experience “music madness.”  The three of them practice at the same time.  Saxophone and trumpet upstairs; cello in the family room. 

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But you said…

This weekend our family visited the New England Aquarium.  We paid more for parking than we did for a family of five to enter the museum. 

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Abounding in Love

In my experience, any business with the Tooth Fairy has always been transactional.  You give her a tooth; she gives you money in return.  But that all changed when Timmy lost his first tooth.

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Belonging

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Esther, Queen of Heart

We’ve been playing a lot of cards over the Christmas break.  The whole family is in on it and it’s been a lot of fun.  But I can’t tell you that every moment during this break has been “Leave it to Beaver.”  (Sam cried all day on Christmas because Santa was nervy and insensitive enough to give him sneakers!)

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Give & Take

I brought Sam and Timmy to the grocery store last week.  Sam wanted to buy stocking stuffers for Rich. He brought a wallet swollen with messy one dollar bills.  We found aisle #7--the candy aisle--and Sam darted over to an enormous bag of Twizzlers.  "Dad will love these," he said with pride.   

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