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My new favorite Chanukah song

Dec 3

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This week, we’ve been lighting the menorah (or hannukiah, if you prefer) in celebration of the Jewish holiday Chanukah. Doing so has been an inconsistent family tradition, hinging primarily on whether dad remembers to buy candles. A friend of mine who is learning Hebrew as part of his training with the Foreign Diplomatic Service sent along this incredible music video. It features a very talented a cappela group called the Maccabeats doing a rendition of Taio Cruz’ “Dynamite” (a favorite song of mine in its own right). See if this doesn’t bring as big a smile to your face as it did mine!

Do you want your kids to live up to who you wish you’d been?

Nov 10

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OK, I admit it. I love the hit comedy Modern Family. The storylines are hilarious, the characters are endearingly flawed, and the themes – surprisingly – really make me think. The clip below, from episode 2 of the current season, epitomizes everything I love about this show (more after the video).

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Beyond the laugh out loud quality of the lines and the way the actors deliver them, there are some key points that I’ve been pondering about this interaction.

First, when my girls get to be dating age (around, oh, 30ish?), I’m going to struggle with these same issues. Protecting them and offering guidance on how to evaluate guys to date, keeping my own judgments and biases to myself, and knowing that I wasn’t always the perfect kid growing up. Granted, I wasn’t all that bad (no, really). D&D nights with some buddies was the wildest I got in high school. The first couple years of college, on the other hand…those are stories I’m not quite ready to share on the Internet.

Needless to say, while I wish my kids wouldn’t repeat my mistakes, I also realize that mistake-making is part of life. And, while I hope I’m able to positive influence their values and life choices, I can’t expect to control them like robots. They will make mistakes and I will love them through them.

Cutie learns to use the phone

Oct 13

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Naturally, with four girls (plus Mommy), learning to communicate happens early on in our house. So Cutie is almost overdue for figuring out to use the phone. Watch as she mimics her family…almost.