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part of the game

December 1, 2011
board games

Each Saturday night of my childhood was devoted to games. About 5 pm, my family would hop into the car with a hot casserole wrapped in towels and drive over to friends’ house. The evening would start with the kids running in circles through the house until the adults kicked us out into the backyard [...]

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online security breach

January 7, 2011
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Over the last year, the boys have been asking more and more to borrow my computer. Rhett wants to “print something out on Lego.com”. Reid wants to play one of the games on Lego.com. Ryan wants to go to eBay to see the prices of rare Lego sets. Do you sense a pattern here? It [...]

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naked santa

December 18, 2010
naked lego santa Lego Santa takes a shower

Here is one of the reasons I have NO PROBLEM spending $34.99 on a Lego Advent Calendar: Day 17 of the Lego City calendar contained what we thought might be a fancy lamp post until we got Lego naked Santa on day 18. Genius. I am hoping day 19 will be a red suit. More [...]

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counting the days

November 27, 2010
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Last year we discovered the Lego Advent Calendar. It was a huge hit. Each day the boys open a door and pull out a hermetically sealed tiny building set – something like a mini-figure or a tree or a sled. They put the Legos together with glee and set them on the display area. 24 [...]

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lego minifigure dance party

October 27, 2010
lego minifigure dance party lego minifigure dance party

I was presented this by Reid(7) the other morning: “It’s a storm trooper dance party”. Oh, and the light above them actually lights up. I have two questions about this masterpiece… Where does he come up with this stuff? Should I be doing a 2 am bed-check?

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Size Does Matter

January 14, 2010

From birth Rhett(4) has believed he is the same age as Ryan(8) and Reid(6). He skipped over most baby-related items due to the mocking he would receive from his older brothers. He is very aware of what they believe to be immature behavior. Unfortunately, I am not talking about real immature behavior. They are OK [...]

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The wisdom of Solomon

January 3, 2010

There has been an issue in the house lately. I have three boys. I don’t have three of everything in the world which leads to the problem of… Sharing. Sharing is just not that popular.  I mean it sounds like a good idea.  It looks good when it is properly done, but the procedural issues [...]

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