Sportin’ the Mohawk

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Yes that is my ten-year old. And yes, that is a mohawk.

Mohawk for a day, or that was the plan anyway. It’s been a few days now, and he will have it shaved off tomorrow afternoon. I think.

We’re letting him wear it to church.

*GASP*

So

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D is for… Dojo Precepts

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I hadn’t decided yet what my “D” post was going to be about. There were four possible topics, but this one jumped to the front of the line tonight.  Since the boys began taking Karate two months ago, we have seen growth in both of them.  They voluntarily grab their Karate handbook

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B is for BOYS!

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One thing that my house is not short on is BOYS. Of the six kids total, three of them are of the male gender. I’m only teaching two of them now, but our 19 year old had his homeschooling years too.  What does it mean to teach your sons?

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A Bottomless Pit

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Something tells me that when this boy turns about 14, we’re really going to be in for it. What you see here is a fairly typical lunch.  Two sandwiches. One full sandwich, and one double-decker sandwich.  After this, he ate an orange. And some chips.

He’s 10. Dear God, please

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You Know You Wanna

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“Please? Please? Please?!”  My son sounded desperate. He was a desperate, grinning little madman.  As he followed me around the kitchen and dining room with a damp paper towel over his slightly flopping tooth, he was literally begging me to pull it out.  “Please, please, please, pleasepleaseplease!?” 

I don’t like

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