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		<title>Nature invades (yes, again?!): Follow the white rabbit</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/10/nature-invades-yes-again-follow-the-white-rabbit</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/10/nature-invades-yes-again-follow-the-white-rabbit#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what seems to be a trend, another creature has found its way into our lives (nay, our hearts). This time, it&#8217;s an adorable white bunny&#8230;hopping around our backyard!
It all started when R &#38; Z came running up to me while I was teleworking to say there was a bunny in the front yard. Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On a summer afternoon with my daughter</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/08/on-a-summer-afternoon-with-my-daughter</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/08/on-a-summer-afternoon-with-my-daughter#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a mild summer afternoon, a rarity in the seemingly unending scorching weeks that we've had this season. After a busy morning of cooking with Rebecca during our quarterly freezer "cook days," I decide to indulge in two of my favorite vices: a cigar and a beer. Taking my e-reader, I retire to our backyard, a little postage-stamp area that we invested time and money in to create a sort of outdoor haven. Today, I plan to enjoy that investment for forty-five minutes or so. <a href="http://www.theroades.com/2010/08/on-a-summer-afternoon-with-my-daughter">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Playground fun! [videos]</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/06/playground-fun-videos</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/06/playground-fun-videos#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahhh&#8230;the joys of Spring and Summer when we can take daily trips to the playground. Enjoy!
These were taken from my Android phone, so I apologize for the  graininess and stutter. I&#8217;ll need to explore my settings to see how I  can improve the quality of the videos.
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		<title>The punishment should fit the crime [disciplining children]</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/05/the-punishment-should-fit-the-crime-disciplining-children</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/05/the-punishment-should-fit-the-crime-disciplining-children#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 13:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read this great post on one of my favorite homeschooling blogs and it made me wonder if anyone has creative solutions to disciplining children. The blog author states two specific forms of discipline that I&#8217;m going to seriously consider implementing: &#8220;Hand over mouth&#8221; (for verbal indiscretions) and &#8220;Double restitution and extra work&#8221; (for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Daddy in Trouble? [parental solidarity]</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/04/getting-daddy-in-trouble-parental-solidarity</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/04/getting-daddy-in-trouble-parental-solidarity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During one recent night hanging out with my kids, I had a wonderful opportunity to evaluate the strength of my parenting relationship with Rebecca and I owe it to my 5-yr-old daughter (Z*).
I was alone with the four kids and had begun prodding them to begin their evening bedtime routine. This amounts to little more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snow Day! [photos]</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/02/snow-day-photos</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/02/snow-day-photos#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we in the D.C. area ramp up for another onslaught of snow this coming weekend, I thought I&#8217;d post two photos from this past snowfall.
This one Rebecca took of the girls with their first real snowman&#8230;

This one is a professional photo from the White House web site&#8230;

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		<title>What I&#8217;ve found interesting lately&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/01/what-ive-found-interesting-lately</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/01/what-ive-found-interesting-lately#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theroades.com/?p=726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m attempting to use a new WordPress plugin that will publish articles I &#8220;share&#8221; from my Google Reader RSS feeds. If that last sentence sounds like Greek, click on the second link to learn more!  
Since this is the first time I&#8217;m using this plugin, this post includes all articles I&#8217;ve shared in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009: Our Year in Review</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/12/2009-our-year-in-review</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/12/2009-our-year-in-review#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I abandoned the idea of a family Christmas newsletter years ago when I started this family blog. It seemed redundant since I was posting news throughout the year. But I think it&#8217;s worthwhile looking back through the year and encapsulating some of the highlights. So&#8230; here&#8217;s a snapshot of our 2009!
We started the year nearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know thyself to reach your potential</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/12/know-thyself-to-reach-your-potential</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/12/know-thyself-to-reach-your-potential#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
temet nosce

The Latin phrase (more formally nosce te ipsum) is roughly translated &#8220;Know thyself&#8221; in the Movie &#8220;The Matrix&#8221; when Neo is visiting the Oracle for the first time. In the movie, Neo must begin to understand his own purpose and abilities in order to do what he needs to do to rescue humankind.
While you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware the age-inappropriate movie trailer</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/09/beware-the-age-inappropriate-movie-trailer</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/09/beware-the-age-inappropriate-movie-trailer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Chicago Sun-Times (via Common Sense Media), be prepared to skip the movie trailers the next time you take your kids to the theater or pop in a DVD.

Since April 2009, movie previews are no longer &#8220;approved for all audiences.&#8221; Anyone familiar with the famous &#8220;green band&#8221; (green intro screen) knows that this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the silence!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/09/breaking-the-silence</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/09/breaking-the-silence#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not you, it&#8217;s me. Seriously. I want to provide breaking news about what&#8217;s going on with our family, but I find that with each additional child, my blogging time diminishes. As does my photo-posting time. And videos&#8230;well, you can kiss those good-bye.
All right, so I&#8217;m being somewhat facetious. But I obviously have not set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to our family C Grace!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/welcome-to-our-family-callie-grace</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/welcome-to-our-family-callie-grace#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[birthday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, June 30, C Grace entered the world at 6:15 PM. She weighed 7 lbs, 15 oz and was 21 inches long. She has beautiful long fingers and toes and amazingly long eyelashes!
Mom and C are doing great and plan to come home this morning. Check out the gallery for more photos (which, unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons learned from P90X [fitness]</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/lessons-learned-from-p90x-fitness</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/lessons-learned-from-p90x-fitness#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theroades.com/?p=541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Early this year, I started the P90X fitness program and saw (and felt!) incredible results. It pushed me in ways I hadn&#8217;t been pushed physically and mentally in the last couple years of working out. About half-way through the program, I was already starting to plan what to do after the 90 days of P90X. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some random recollections from the past few weeks</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/some-random-recollections-from-the-past-few-weeks</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/some-random-recollections-from-the-past-few-weeks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It feels like Winter just flew by &#8211; along with the first half of our fourth pregnancy! As I watch the trees burst into bloom, I find myself astonished that Spring has sprung already&#8230; The Roades&#8217; had an uncharacteristically busy March. We&#8217;re typically homebodies, preferring to spend our weeknights and weekends playing as a family, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Week on P90X</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/01/first-week-on-p90x</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/01/first-week-on-p90x#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like 98% of the general population, one of my new year&#8217;s resolutions was to exercise more and lose weight. Thankfully, unlike most of those other folks, I actually have a plan and launched it a few days before new year&#8217;s eve.
I came across the P90X program via a Facebook status update from a friend from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Busy End to Our Year!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/01/a-busy-end-to-our-year</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/01/a-busy-end-to-our-year#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me take some time and recap the highlights of the last part of 2008 &#8211; starting with late November &#8211; which were flitted by far too quickly&#8230;
Thanksgiving 2008 was unlike any we&#8217;ve ever experienced (and hopefully will never repeat). We woke the kids up well before normal, force-fed them all breakfast, and then braved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Words of encouragement in a bleak economic crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/words-of-encouragement-in-a-bleak-economic-crisis</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/words-of-encouragement-in-a-bleak-economic-crisis#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Rod&#8217;s message two weeks ago focused on &#8220;Finding peace in an economic crisis.&#8221; In fact, he tossed out the last message in his current sermon series to address this issue which is preoccupying the minds of many across the US and, indeed, the world. Listen to the full message. 
The bottom line of his message [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do I schedule the tooth fairy?</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/how-do-i-schedule-the-tooth-fairy</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/how-do-i-schedule-the-tooth-fairy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight at dinner, R surprised us by saying that one of her teeth was loose! Being that she&#8217;s given to flights of imagination, we, of course, requested proof &#8211; I mean, c&#8217;mon, our little girl losing her baby teeth already?! No way! Giving us the only chance this evening to test her claim, Rebecca wiggled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday to Us!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/happy-birthday-to-us</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2008/10/happy-birthday-to-us#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the interest of shameless (or is it shame-ful?) self aggrandizement, I hereby submit a Happy Birthday post to myself and my sister, Shanna. In fact, I created the following animated movie to show our deep affection for one another (Update: since the animation autoplayed with annoying background music, I changed it to a still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Take me out to the ball game&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2008/09/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2008/09/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;smash my head with a brick&#8230;&#8221; Oh wait, that&#8217;s not how the song goes? Oh, then let me give all of you new and soon-to-be parents a tip: don&#8217;t, under any circumstances, ever take a baby to a ballgame (especially if it means missing their nap). Yikes.

Let&#8217;s rewind. I took off a few days to [...]]]></description>
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