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We filed these posts under the category of ParentingAt the core of our blogging efforts is a drive to chronicle what we do as parents — our missteps, our frustrations and our triumphs. We’re better parents because of this blog and the connection it gives us to other parents.  What better place than our family blog to announce our growing family? Andreas and I are so excited to finally share our happy news: I'm three months pregnant with Baby Arvman No. 3, due in August. [more]
» See full post: Expecting Baby Arvman No. 3  My daughters have long since graduated from rattles and baby blocks. They're finally old enough to play with things that I kinda wanna play with, too. Tea sets. Doll houses. Toy kitchens. [more]
» See full post: Playing with my girls' toys a parenting perk  "It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it." [more]
» See full post: 'It's not easy being a mother'  When someone meets our daughters for the first time, the No. 1 question is always, "How old are they?" Somewhere on the journey from childhood to adulthood, however, this question about age goes from most important to among the least important. [more]
» See full post: Age is everything for kids but means nothing for adults It's almost midnight and Andreas and I just came home from a lovely date night. [more]
» See full post: Parents, what's your ideal date night?  Our 3-year-old has a new obsession. Scissors. [more]
» See full post: 'I love to cut things!'  On Saturday, our oldest daughter turned into Sleeping Beauty. Zee was tickled, because Princess Aurora, a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty, was her favorite Disney princess when she was a little girl. I was tickled too, because I soon realized that there were some benefits to this situation. [more]
» See full post: Sleeping Beauty brings peace to the house  The other day, I thought about the random mix of genes Zee and I have passed on to our two children and how we can only hope that they got all the good ones and none of the bad ones. Character, on the other hand, has nothing to do with genes. It's learned. Here's a list of five things that are part of my character that I'd rather not pass on to our kids. [more]
» See full post: Five things I don't want them to learn from me  Our youngest daughter is left-handed. This realization struck me with great clarity as I was cleaning up after our daughters used watercolors yesterday and I was wondering why our youngest had made such a mess. Then it dawned on me. I had set the watercolors up for a right-handed person. [more]
» See full post: Learning to live with a lefty  We're having a lot of picnics nowadays. Today, we decided to have a beach picnic and drove out to one of the Ko Olina lagoons for an early dinner. Most of our picnics take place in our neighborhood park. After today's beach picnic, though, I was thinking that maybe we should go beyond the park setting more often. What are some good picnic spots here on O'ahu? Do you have a personal favorite? [more]
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