What is it with kids and losing library books? My kids continually lose library books and I am constantly paying for them. Alex lost two more books. There goes another $10…
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I am always fighting with my kids to get up in the mornings. Their alarms go off at 6am, but I don’t see them until after 6:30 when I go into their rooms to see if they’ve run away. I say everyday “I wish my kids would get up on their own”. I decided to do a little searching on the subject, and I found this article on waking kids in the morning, which talks about a few ways to do this without going crazy or yelling.
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Alex had a blast at the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. I know eggs are not what Easter is all about, but for a kid, hunting for the eggs is a lot of fun. The ground was a little wet from the rain the day before, but no one got in the car with muddy feet.
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Sorry it took so long to get these pics on the blog, but here they are…
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Keep your kids safe online. There are predators everywhere.
Now days technology has advanced so much that as parents it is almost impossible to keep up. But we do need to stay at least one step ahead of the game. Computer usage by our kids can be extremely helpful in their lives, yet also extremely harmful. There are threats in the form of adult content from websites, and even live individuals and dare say, predators, lurking on message boards and chat rooms.
So how can we monitor kids computer use? The best way I have found is through using keylogging software. This is software which you can download immediately on the computer and in minutes you’ll be set up to monitor everything important to the well being and safety of your child.
To monitor kids computer use you basically turn the program on and it will proceed to track all computer activity so you can find out if certain websites or chat rooms have been visited, and then block them or at least have a talk with your child about accessing them.
When you do monitor kids computer use, it is important to remember that they are not always at fault. Curiosity is a natural thing, and when you are a kid and presented with an entire world of information, sights, and sounds then there are going to be times when your child is going to slip up and enter places he shouldn’t.
With keylogging software you can protect your children from the harmful areas of the internet, while having them focus more on the helpful and informative realms that responsible computer usage provides.
Here is the best and easiest keylogging software for monitoring kids computer use – http://spyhead.blogspot.com/
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Today was an historic day. For some, it meant the possibility of a better economy. For others, it meant that their loved ones will may come home sooner from abroad. For African-American families (of which, mine is one), it means a little more.
There have been African-American judges, congress-men, Senators, etc. For the first time, ever, there is an African-American President of the United States. Here is what this translates to. America is still the most powerful country in the world. The leader of that country is the most-powerful person in the world. African-Americans have gone from being slaves less than 200 years ago to having one of us hold the most-powerful office on Earth.
I tried to teach the girls some of what this means and what today’s activities were all about. I think it is going to take a few more evenings of going over this for them to understand. They need to understand what those who have come before them have done to make this happen; what people are doing today that will help them in the future; and what they can do to help themselves achieve any and every dream they have.
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Alex in Fall 2008
At the age of 7, other than being a little manipulative, Alex seems to be the one that follows instructions the best, handles adversity the best, and holds no grudges. I enjoy spending one-on-one time with Alex and no matter what mood I am in and no matter what I have said to her, she can always be counted on for an “I Love You, Daddy.” at bed time. Cassie, on the other hand, is a little more trouble.
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Can anyone tell me where my daughter left this book? It’s a library book and I’m tired of paying for library books. 
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Months ago, Alex broke Cassie’s Nintendo DS Lite. Ever since then, I told Alex that she had to share her Nintendo with Cassie until I could do something about the problem. I was able to find a replace case online that would allow me to swap the guts out of the broken DS (actually only the case was broken, but that made it unusable) into the new case.
I stayed up late last night doing this. After following the instructions to the best of my ability, I was able to get everything into the new case. It appeared to work, until I found that the touch screen was not working. After opening it back up and going back through the instructions, I realized that I had not followed one of the instructions properly and I had broken the touch screen.
Since this has been an open issue for a while and both girls worked for their Nintendos’, I feel I still need to do something about this because Cassie does not have her own Nintendo DS. Having them share the one working DS is not fair to Cassie. Giving Alex’s working DS to Cassie (without any other concessions) is not quite fair to Alex. After speaking to my mom about this, she came up with…
Give Cassie control of Alex’s Nintendo. Give Alex a chance to get it back by doing the same thing she did to get it in the first place (read 100 books in a month). Once she reads the books, her reward is to get her DS back and I give Cassie a new one for Alex’s effort. While the DS is in Cassie’s control, Alex can use it at Cassie’s discretion. If Alex decides not to work to get it back, Cassie gets Alex’s DS to do with as she pleases. This would be a one-time thing. If a DS gets broken in the future, it does not get replaced with Dad’s money.
Anyone have any thoughts about this?
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What kind of 4th of July did you have? Mine (my family’s) was a BLAST!!! We spent the entire day outside. I wrote about the entire experience over on johnasimpson.com. Check it out.
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