The kids are sleeping. For a moment, their future held a water park. Now it holds a swimming pool. If in twenty years, they look back and say “Why didn’t you take us to the water park that day? Why did you force us to settle for the swimming pool?” I will reply, with combined…
Author: Backpacking Dad
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Erin, ever-performing, took a couple of hostages at the playground. A brother and sister team, four or five years old, sat on the bark chip floor in front of a playset as Erin clambered to the top. She lounged on it like it was a piano and she was wearing a glittering gown, and she…
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An e-mail I just received: Hi Shawn, Celebrity parents Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli just released (exclusively to online shopping guide ThisNext.com) their daughters’ favorite / must-have “Back to School” items. Items include everything from a BMX bike, to Lunchbots, Converse to Hello Kitty – fashionable and kid-friendly, colorful and fun sums up the list! Jennie and Peter’s beautiful daughters, Fiona (13 years…