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For anyone who missed previous posts, we are adopting from China and had our social worker visit today to update our home study file. Jill and I have been nervous since the appointment was made and we've worked ourselves into a tizzy trying to get the house just perfect (or at least in...
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Okay what in the world is up with these stinkin cereal bars!!!! My son, who ate nothing but fresh veggies, tons of fruit, garden burger, egg whites and anything and everything dipped in hummus....is addicted to those cereal bars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean, granted, they are really good, but geez...
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Life has been seriously busy this past week, but with nothing overly exciting to report, so I have not been blogging at all! Still as I type I can think of nothing funny or monumental, but I wanted to post something! So, I thought I would say something about our morning. My husband is a...
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Many of us moms have heard and seen this Mom Song video. However, this gets me laughing everytime. So I thought I'd share it for all of you who haven't seen it.
Enjoy!
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It's official, my sweet toddler daughter ate dirt. Having something so notably filthy in her mouth made me cringe.
Here's how it happened. We were spending quality time, outside, the sun shining, birds singing. It started like an ordinary day. My daughter was...
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I attended a Christian youth leader conference down in LA yesterday, and the theme of the day was "Transformation," including the notion that if we want to transform kids' lives, we have to be transformed ourselves. Agreed. We got onto the discussion of how youth and adults...
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Recently, a new magazine subscription (althought I'm not sure how!) started making it's monthly appearance into our mailbox. It's called 'Cookie'. I had never heard of it before, but at first glane you can sense it's aimed towards busy families. Some topics from our first issue are "East...
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Thanks to all our friends who supported Relay for Life 2008 this year. Any of you who attended the event should feel very good about living in Bakersfield today. This is a community where over eleven thousand people came out and raised over $1.6 million dollars. Not bad for a...
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Stress, stress, stress. Our social worker is coming today to update our home study. Thanks to the slow adoption process in China, this is an ongoing process. We've done it before, and we were recommended for adoption as capable parents. So why am I so stressed that we have...
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Congratulations, Kevin Morrison and son, Layton!
Layton is the winner of The Southwest Voice's monthly "Athlete of the Month" contest and will receive a $50 gift card to Sports Authority!
And by the way... that was about the cutest photo ever. Made me get all teary...
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I moved to Bakersfield to live with my mother and take advantage of free child care for a couple years until my 3-year-old is in school. Having mostly lived in big cities, it's been a culture shock. I didn't think things could get any weirder, but they have.
On my way home from K.'s weekly...
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Hy husband and I are adopting (and have been trying for 2 years now). Our social worker is coming for our review on Sunday. So, in preparing for this HUGE event, I asked my kids a simple question..."Will you please go and clean your rooms?"
Now this is something they...
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(My wife and I worked on this list together)
Replacements
Area Code 651, 612 has been replaced by area code 661
National American University has been replaced by San Joaquin Valley College (with another ear-wracking tune)
Cold and snow has been replaced by heat and fog
Trips to Target has...
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We have been praying over my oldest son since he was born, and also before each of our meals since he started eating. It was such a joy to hear him say his first prayer over six months ago. It's an even bigger joy that when I pick him up from his pre-school, I often see his name...
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My husband, Alex, over heard some women chatting about an effective disciplinary action. He said the one was sharing with the other that she solved a lot of disciplinary issues with her toddlers by using a spray bottle. She would spray the kids with water when they were misbehaving.
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happy friday to all - "mr.oscat" will be playing at the relay for life at cal state univ. bakersfield tomorrow at 11:30 am on the activity stage. if you're out that way, be sure and say hello - thanks !!
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My twelve year old nephew visited for a week, and for the first time, I understood the future of education. It’s all on the internet. My nephew was doing his math homework and came into my office asking for help every three minutes.
I finally figured out he was doing this...
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So, I'm wondering what treat I should have for Mother's Day. I was thinking about a day at the spa. I thought about a day trip. I thought about seeing what musicals, shows, concerts are happening. I'm still deciding.
How about you? What are your plans to celebrate...
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Mother's Day means more than I can express. Let me explain why. And let me say, my story in no way diminishes the motherhood of others. My story is just mine.
In 2000, after being married for 7 years, my hubby and I decided it was time to have children. We had talked...
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So, my wife, "la dra.," is in Kansas City at a conference. She left yesterday, and we pick her up at Meadows Field on Saturday night. While we've recently done some nights-without-the-parents-at-the-grandparents' (for the first time) and had one night where la dra. was away...
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A text from my mom reminded me this morning that it is May Day. She said "Happy May Day, kiss your sweetie." I'm not sure why, but we celebrated May Day... and many other random holidays. My parents love celebrating holidays. Now that we're adults, they'll often send cards or candy on...
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We're expecting our "stimulus" check from President Bush any time now. I was talking to a friend yesterday who plans on giving her kids' share of the check to them. I'd never thought about that. And I'm still not thinking about that. :-) How many people...
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My daughter finally lost her baby teeth today. First time. Two came out the same day.
This would have been an event even if a small crisis had not made this particular rite of passage critical. K. is my oldest, so it's my first time ever doing the whole tooth fairy thing. I've got a little...
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Inventions I could use these days:
~ Carpet that has permanent vacuum lines.
~ Board games that consist of just the board, no accessories.
~ Plants that can walk to the sink and water themselves.
~ A clock that isn't 10 minutes slow.
~ A cable company that shows nothing but Dora the...
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Well Aidan is able to walk on his foot again so i took him to the spray park at beale park (on oldeaner a few blocks south of california) It was SOOOOOOOO fun i think i may have had more fun than he did lol. they have water that shoots straight up from the ground, water that pours into...
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For as long as I can remember, my parents have been adults. That is to say, grown ups, in the true sense of the word. I mean, financially responsible, 'together' people. Of course, I didn't really know them when they were younger and just starting out in the parenting game. But by the time I was...
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I am a bit of a matchy-matchy kinda girl. In other words, my shirt and socks usually coordinate, as does my cardigan and sometimes even my shoes, if I can help it. But I am not a prim and proper dresser by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, one friend calls me a 'preppy hippie', because...
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Reprinted from my journal, Wednesday, September 13, 2006:
I have a son.
My 19-month-old foster son's parents showed up to court two hours late yesterday. It was a hearing on terminating parental rights. Their public defenders advised them that they had a weak case and would probably lose. If...
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At a minor league baseball game recently, I was trying to explain the basics of the game to my 5-year-old daughter.
See those guys in the blue? They're the visiting team. The ones in the white, that's the home team. We're rooting for them.
My daughter surveyed the multiracial players...
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I just want to say that FUN (Faith, Unity, Nuture) Sports is the BOMB! We took Zoe to her 2nd class last night & it was the cutest thing in the world. Zoe is in the itty bitty class (ages 3-4, I believe). This age group is new to organization and team play... which makes it all the more...
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I guess since I'm one of those people who can get incredibly serious and incredibly goofy, I should fully disclose when I'm being either. I can't always have someone like my friend Christina to ask me whether or not I'm being serious or not. (Although she is a good gage!)
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so i was letting aidan play outside in front of the apartment where there is dirt and plants and such next to the front door. he likes the dirt, and i think he's cute all muddy and stuff. so anyways, further down the sidewalk there is a downhill slope to get to the...
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So my sweet darling Katelyn continues to have raging out-bursts, no big surprise. But her behavior today was a bit more alarming. She bit me 3 times. She did it twice last night too. She went through an ugly month like this at about 12 months old, so I thought we were...
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How many people here have ever questioned back and forth on having two children rather than just one. Before my son was born it was a definite two children type of deal. Although now that I have Him I can't see myself giving the same amount of love and attention to both as I do to...
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We wisened up and realized it was way too soon for potty training.
For now, we'll just let him run and get the diapers, and continue to show him where the bathroom is. Until then, I'm OK with changing a few, but only a few, dirty diapers.
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Maybe I'm just getting older and pessimistic, or maybe it's just because TV has lost its luster. But, I can't get through too many programs these days without being dumbfounded by certain questions I have.
As an example, I'll start with a...
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This question wandered into my head this morning after reading the latest allegations against Roger Clemens, the premier pitcher of our lifetime if not one of the greatest ever. I grew up as an Angel Fan, which allows me to strongly dislike the Boston Red Sox, anyone who has ever played for...
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My brain has been turning and turning this last week. Preschool is almost out for the year. What are we going to do this summer? I have a little girl who likes to get out and about. She loves to be around other people. So, we must have stuff planned outside the house...
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The dirty car fairy comes to visit me often. I'll have cleaned it out just four or five days ago and then after school dropoffs and a requisite errand, I'll notice that my van, is now, utterly destroyed.
This tends to infuriate me, because with 3 kids, cleaning out my car is not an...
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I can't complain. I knew what I was getting into when I signed up for this stay at home dad gig. And for the most part, I'm used to the responses I get, ranging from the idea that I am some sort of novelty, to the suggestion that it's not biblical. There are, however, some days...
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hello everyone!! mr.oscat's jukebox first post!!
here is a cool little video from "the youtube" for the jack johnson
song "the 3 r's" from the "curious george soundtrack"
(which, by the way, is as good as it gets)
video is blanco for the first 19 secs,...
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My mom had been in town for a few weeks in midst of winter last year and we wanted to spend the day together. I was really needing some sort of adventure. Most of you probably haven't spent the winter in Minnesota so you must know this was a particularly cold time of the year. It...
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We've had a great week, but ready for a weekend of nothing. My station sent me to Nashville last week for several days full of interviews, sessions, and more. I love going down there for GMA (gospel music association, it's a week of events prior to the dove awards). I'm lucky...
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My thoughts got deep today. Over the last few years, I have been taking various courses and attending lectures regarding science now being able to prove evolution is false. So, I got to thinking about all the children out there still learning about it. ...
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Well, I really need a pedicure. But that's not what I'm thinking of now. In fact, if I were creating a list of what a mom needs, what I need now would not be on the list because I wouldn't have though of it.
So, here it is. I NEED A VOICE!
Yep. I lost my voice. ...
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Okay, so....My son, 16 month old little boy, woke up the other night with a fever of over a 100. Although I am not quite sure if it was more or not because the "wonderful" thermometers that we have to use are so accurate. I was freaking out so bad that I stayed up all night...
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To spread the word about everything we have going on here on RaisingBakersfield.com, we will be publishing a monthly newsletter. Yesterday, all 10,000 of our first newsletter finished printing.
As the "mom" of Raising BakersfieldI must admit I am pretty proud of the newsletter the team...
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We're expecting! Actually we have been since May 2006 and will be probably until Summer 2010 or beyond. We're adopting a baby girl from China, and the process is a long one. Some of you have heard this story, but for the rest, I'll step back to the beginning.
Jill and I both...
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I feel a little awkward blogging on this site, since I am not a parent, nor am I even pregnant. So why am I here?
Well, I am the project manager/team leader of the group of staff at The Bakersfield Californian that is bringing you RaisingBakersfield.com. This site is something that is very close...
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Official Disclaimer: This story uses terminology that may be offensive to people who have no sense of humor.
This tale takes place when my son was approximately three and a half years old. Andrew was taking a bath doing the normal things that boys do when they take a bath - Squirting water...
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