FingerPuppetPress

Mindful parenting blogger, ex-expat who used to live in Belgium, loves castles. #PNW

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.@BCFerries has a buffet restaurant on board and my almost-12 year old ate everything.

#parenting #familytravel #heeatseverything

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Apparently my youngest really wanted his dad to come to school for the veteran's day assembly tomorrow -- too bad we didn't know that until tonight. Guess we'll plan on it next year!

#parenting

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We don't do screens in the morning before school (let's be honest, we typically barely have enough time to get ready for school). Every couple of weeks, however, my youngest asks to watch shows -- just in case I've decided to change the rules.
#persistence #parenting #no

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Why yes, I did watch a video about a brain-eating amoeba with my children this morning. #springbreak is going quite well.

#parenting #science #scienceisawesome

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I can always tell when my seven year old has stayed up too late. We're on round number three of tears over his broken sticky-hand.

#parenting #bedtime

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My 11 year old has been following @NASAInSight with me via Twitter. This morning he asked if it had started digging yet, so we were excited to see this update!

#spaceisawesome #science #mars #nasa

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I’m digging #Mars! My self-hammering mole has started burrowing in, and my team is poring over the data I’ve sent them. They estimate it may be around 35 cm (14 in) down. More hammering to come, as I investigate the inside of Mars.🌡
More from @DLR_en: https://t.co/FsmfN0WVpa

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@frog_girl42 These children!!

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My eleven year old just asked how he could get his eyebrows hairs to grow long and bushy.

#hereallyisanoldmaninachildbody
#parenting

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Mornings suck.

#icanbarelygetmyselfreadymuchlessthekids

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I'm learning that I have a lot to learn about #PTA .

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@frog_girl42 Good, I think. I learned a lot, including that I have a whole new set of terminology to learn.

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Heading to my first ever #pta meeting.

Wish me luck.

#parenting

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My brain is saturated with moving tasks and #backtoschool forms, and all I want to do is drink a #cappuccino and stare at a #castle.

#exexpatlife - but I wish it were #expatlife

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Asking the boys to put away books always results in at least 45 minutes of unprompted reading time. #parentinghack #parentingtips #momlife #iwantacleanhousesomeday

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@frog_girl42 Yes. (But I did throw it across the room. :) )

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For the second time I found a large plastic pirate spider under my pillow tonight. First occurrence: my husband. Second occurrence: probably my ten year old. Next occurrence: there won't be one because the spider is going in the trash.

#parenting

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Home renovation is slicing a hole in your purse and letting your money pour out as you frantically put one more coat of paint on the laundry room trim.

#homerenovation #homerepair #homeownership #DIY

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It's 530am and my husband and I are awake thanks to #jetlag but the kids are still asleep, so apparently the trick is to run them so ragged that they are basically falling sleep standing up.

#webarelymadeit #familytravel #travel #expatlife

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On the plane which will take us out of #Belgium on our one-way trip to the U.S.. Thanks for the #waffles, #cappuccinos, #pannenkoeken, #chocolate, #friends and fantastic #memories.

#exexpatlife #expatlife #bittersweet #familytravel

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#travel #familytravel

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Thanks for the disco party this morning, @BrusselsAirport -- think your DJ will let my son learn how to spin tunes?

#familytravel #travel #expatlife