Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
When a two-year-old child writes on your wood floors with a permanent marker, you can't help but learn some lessons.
But how long does it take to forget those lessons? For me, forgetting took just long enough for my next child to become two years old. While I was making his ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
Although I don't write about it much here, my responsibilities as a stay-at-home dad to two preschoolers are partly to blame for the slow progress I am making on my house projects. But once in a while my worlds collide and I find ways to be both a DIYer and ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Here's what a fan of old houses, traditional neighborhoods, and urban design thinks is a fun activity to play with his 4-year-old: It's My First Urban Plan(tm)! With just some wooden blocks, a few matchbox cars, some people toys, a flattened diaper box and some markers, you ...
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
Over the past few months, there has been a surge in graffiti vandalism in our neighborhood. We are fortunate that our property has not been tagged, particularly considering the difficulty of removing spray paint from brick, stucco and concrete.
Unfortunately, our two-and-a-half-year-old son has been negatively influenced by the graffiti. What ...
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Sunday, February 12th, 2006
One of the most important secrets to home improvement is keeping the 2-year-old of the house occupied with activities that are not destructive. It is also nice to have those activities be inexpensive so that we can still afford home improvement projects. One of our favorite toddler ...
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