Category Archives: Parenting

Guest Napper #167: Lazy River

‘Tis the season for pools and sprinklers and tubing.  What can be better than spending your day floating down the river with a cooler full of beverages? Or, if you can’t actually tube on the river, you can always get in one of those rinky dink “rivers” at the water parks. They’re not very exciting, …

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Guest Napper #166: Vintage Special

As the real dog days of summer set in, I have to share this truly unusual retro nap with you. My reader Anita sent it in. It is a picture of her sleeping on a grain drill (which is, apparently, only about 4 inches wide) in 1959. She has no explanation for how she was …

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Guest Napper #165: Mezmerizing Mystery

Oh, yeah. It’s a SLAMMIN’ party, dogs. Our little dude here has found a way to beat the summer heat. His bed. A book. A smothering stuffed animal. All of it seems so relaxing! Scooby must certainly approve. How a guy can nap like this is certainly a mystery to me… Happy Friday!  

Guest Napper #164: Tiled and Toweled

As any parent knows, the best part of the non-stop summer activity is how…tired…the…kids…are…later. Sometimes, they don’t even make it from the bath to the bed. That cool tile is looking pretty good right about now, what with this heatwave and all! Maybe I’ll just cave and do this after my morning shower sometime soon? …

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