Category Archives: faith

Stop Looking at Your Phones

Posted on 2014/12/19 by circuskitchen

Every week I work at a restaurant entertaining families during dinner for Kids Night.   Every week there are some families with devices out during and throughout the meal.   It is just as often parents ignoring their kids on … Continue reading →

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Ear Bead Episode

Posted on 2014/12/18 by circuskitchen

Thursday, December 18th 2014 OK remember Turkey Trot Day?  It was on Wednesday, November 26th.  (THREE weeks ago.) One lowlight that didn’t make it into the post about that day was when Gavin insisted on seeing the nurse to get … Continue reading →

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Five Dangerous Things YOU Should Do To Your Kid

Posted on 2014/12/18 by circuskitchen

FWIW (“For What It’s Worth”), from the Huffington Post:   “Five Dangerous Things YOU Should Do To Your Kid:“    [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jim-taylor/5-dangerous-things-parent_b_4562960.html] Nutshell: 1) Give Your Children Conditional Love 2) Don’t Praise Your Children 3) Let Your Children Fail 4) Let Your … Continue reading →

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Mom, I Popped Part of It Off!

Posted on 2014/12/17 by circuskitchen

Wednesday, December 17th 2014 ~6pm It’s like my kid can *smell* the spirit of my Adventure Play Parenting thrust. Bless him. After dialing in on the small hammer at our local hardware store (that has screwdrivers nested in its handle, … Continue reading →

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Five Dangerous Things Kids Should Do

Posted on 2014/12/17 by circuskitchen

Have you heard of Gever Tulley and the Tinkering School? Here is an amazing 4 mins on the types of Life Lessons kids derive from TINKERING:     MOREOVER, here is Gever Tulley’s TED Talk on 5 Dangerous Things Kids … Continue reading →

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Gotta Start Somewhere – ClaraJane and Simra

Posted on 2014/12/08 by circuskitchen

Even as I sit down to type right now, my daughter is climbing out of the empty drawer slot in the living room entertaining our 1 year-old next door neighbor girl, and our son is outside the door making fabulous … Continue reading →

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Rockwellian Christmas Tree Day

Posted on 2014/12/07 by circuskitchen

Sunday, December 7th 2014 Blessed with no work on this early December Sunday, Dear Hubby and I undertook to take our kids OUT of the city and INTO the country to find ourselves a Christmas Tree.  Imagine: A drive just long … Continue reading →

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Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Posted on 2014/11/26 by circuskitchen

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy. Charlie Brown Thanksgiving [25mins]:

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In the Name of Marriage: Lasting Relationships

Posted on 2014/11/17 by circuskitchen

This article was so great I wanted to share it for posterity.  It rang true for me and (selfishly?) I’d like my marriage to be one of the survivors. The original article is here: http://www.businessinsider.com/lasting-relationships-rely-on-2-traits-2014-11 SCIENCE More: The Atlantic Love … Continue reading →

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All Things Incredible JoJo and Avila

Posted on 2014/11/08 by circuskitchen

Basically, I am anomalously bound by a hurt back this weekend and -amazingly- NO GIGS!  Serendipitously here comes this amazing piece of work to occupy my thoughts.  As I scratch my head wondering why and how it is the whole … Continue reading →

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