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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

HAD FUN WITH THE BOYS TONIGHT

My wife has classes right now on Monday and Tuesday evening, so I get to watch the boys on those nights. Well we normally have fun, but of course tonight we did the traditional Halloween event of making Jack-O-Lanterns. Both boys had a problem with scooping out the pumpkin guts and I had to be the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 19, 2007

LOOKING INSIDE MY SON, LITERALITY

My four year old has been having problems with painful stomach cramps and we have been working at figuring out what is going on with that. After several doctor's visits and nothing being figured out from all the simple testing, they went and put some cameras down into him today. I wasn't able to be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

THE BOYS MADE THEIR OWN GRAVESTONES

We just had a really good Cub Scout meeting. To meet one of the requirements for their next badge they had to so some stuff with tools and make a project of some kind. It being the Halloween season and the possibility that our pack is going to do a Haunted House, I figured it would be fun to let... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 15, 2007

HALLOWEEN SHOPPING WITH MY BOYS

This time of the year has always meant something to me, but now that I have two boys of my own to share it all with it, things just get better. Both boys enjoy going out with me and playing with the various Halloween decorations, props, costumes and other assorted stuff that you find everywhere this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

MY WIFE RAN OUT ON ME AND THE BOYS

She just packed her things and left with some friend of hers from work that she had been getting really close to recently. Of course I have to go to the airport Thursday evening and pick her up. So I am on day two of it just being me and the boys. So far all has gone well enough. My seven year old... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 22, 2007

MY BOYS AND I ARE TRAPPED IN THE DUNGEON

Originally my boys and I were to go to a friends house for the evening as we were to be banished from the house so my wife could throw her jewelry party. My seven year old however ended up not feeling too good at the last minute and so we decided it was best for us to stay home. But of course it was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

MY FATHER'S DAY GIFTS

Yesterday my wife got off work a little early due to a meeting later this week. I guess she took the chance to that the boys and get some shopping done for my Father's Day gifts. After she got home, my youngest son came down to get me. He had to show me something. He kept pointing and my wife's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 1, 2007

HOME WITH A SICK KID TODAY

My little guy had a headache last night and a fever this morning, so he is home for the day with me. Luckily it is my day off, so I'm not loosing any work due to this. It will somewhat affect my day, in that I won't be able to do as much as I had planned. I'm still gonna get stuff done though. My... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 23, 2007

THE MAGIC PODIUM

This week with my Cub Scout Den we are going to do a little magic show where very boy performs one magic trick, then at the next Pack meeting they all will do the tricks again for the whole pack. So I've been trying to figure out how to do the set up for that. It ended up being fairly easy really.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 12, 2007

ALL THE BOYS HAVE EARNED THEIR TIGER CUB BADGES

As of tonight all six boys in the den that I am den master of, have earned their Tiger Cub badges. I set the goal to have them all achieve it by the pack meeting next week and working with their parents I have been able to help them all meet that goal. It ahs been great working with these boys and... Sign in to see full entry.

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