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Feb 28, 2013 • In Baby, Funny, Parenting, Personal, Toys, Web

More Painful Than Stepping on LEGOs

The internet has a tendency to dramatize certain mundane life events, wouldn’t you say? And if you’re reading this, it probably means that you’re familiar with the trends and memes of the popular web which also leads me to believe you’ve heard of the “stepping on a LEGO piece while barefoot” mania.
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Yes, stepping on LEGO pieces hurt like a mofo. But over the 2+ years of my being a parent, I can say that I have found something even more painful to step on when you’re barefoot…
And I know that others with young kids in the house will nod…

Feb 27, 2013 • In Baby, Books, Entertainment, Geek, Movies, Personal

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Sharing the Love: Fantasy, Action, and Kiddie Edition

Did I mention that J’s currently away on vacation? He’s back to his motherland — Hong Kong — and with travel time, he’ll be away for TEN WHOLE DAYS.
This is the longest we’ve been apart since we got married (even when I stayed at my parents’ for 2 months last summer, we still saw each other at least a couple of times a week). And while I’m glad he’s getting some much-deserved rest while catching up with old friends, things haven’t been so peachy for me.
Because as it often is the case in life, getting handed one lemon…

Jan 6, 2013 • In Baby, Books, Cute, Entertainment, Photography

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“Once Upon a Time” — A Fairy Tale Themed Baby Shoot

I’m not too keen on newborn/baby photo shoots (they mostly look the same to me and some of them can be downright creepy), but I’m all game when they’re super creative. (See: Kristin & Kayla, Mila’s Daydreams, and Baby Arthur.)
The latest series of baby photos to make its social media rounds has been that of photographer Wendi Riggens, whose fairy-tale themed shoot of 9-month-old Maddie has her placed in scenes and outfits from some of Disney’s most popular films. Take a look, and be ready to coo:…

Dec 19, 2012 • In Aerin, Baby, Claire, Cute, Motherhood, Personal

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Watching Little Minds Learn

Watching little minds learn is fascinating. Even when you try your best to stay impartial and unprejudiced, you can’t help but notice the vast differences between each and every person.
Take Aerin, for instance. Now that she has officially conquered infancy and is starting to really soak in, process, react, and regurgitate what she learns, we have noticed something peculiar about her style of learning: she tends to take her lessons a little too literally.
As in, when I was trying to teach her to clap on demand using the word “박수” (bak-soo, or “clap” in Korean), I would say the word, clap,…

Dec 13, 2012 • In Baby, Funny, Parenting, Personal

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Christmas Tree Decorating Guidelines

What’s that you say? There are only a dozen days left before Christmas and we have yet to put up our tree? Please. That’s nothing to this family of procrastinators.
And just in case there are others out there in the same boat — Bueller? Hello? I know we can’t be the only ones! — who may need some guidance on the best way to decorate the tree based on their children’s ages, here’s an instructional from the ever-so-delightful How to Be a Dad.

J and I have talked about dragging our tree out of storage and getting it set up, preferably…