Author Archives: P Murphy

Kindness (A to Z Challenge)

12 Saturday Apr 2014

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Randomactofkindness

This is a very powerful word and reaction that I have been teaching my kids from day one. I teach my kids that kindness does go a long way in life as well as it is the way I was raised.

Kindness is a word and emotion that some people take advantage of and others just take for granite. The bible also tells us to be kind to other and treat each other with kindness and respect. Kindness most of the time can turn a person that is in a bad mood into a good mood.

My kids practice this all of the time. Kindness also leads to them helping others and random acts of kindness. My face always has a smile on it when they do something for another person or kid out of kindness of their heart. I gives me a feeling that I have taught my kids well and to look at others with respect.

Sometimes my kids remind me of be kind and to have kindness when I’m having a bad day.

What is the last memory of your kids or yourself showing kindness to another person? What was the kind act about? Leave a message below in the comments.

K

 

 

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Journal About My Kids (A to Z Challenge)

11 Friday Apr 2014

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I have a couple different posts for the letter J in the A to Z Challenge. So I will post this one about using my blog to journal about my kids and save the Judging post for later or even a bonus post. So here is my post for the letter J.

 

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank on display at the Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin, Germany. from www.wikipedia.org

 

Why am I blogging about my kids on my blog? That is a simple answer to me. It is because my kids are a big part of my life right now as well as my wife. This again is why I named my blog as ‘Life of a Busy Dad”. I am using my blog kind of like a hand written journal. This is a way my kids will be able to go back to my blog and read it. I thought I might also print my blog out and turn it into a personal book for each of my kids.

Another reason I blog about my kids is that I will always have a never-ending resource of posts for it. If you have any young kids, then you will know this first hand. They are very active and full of life. Plus I like sharing things my kids do or are doing right now.

It will also give me a platform to improve my writing and communication skills as well as how to communicate my thoughts to others. This is a big deal since this is my weakness. If I get to a point where I start a podcast on my blog, then this will help me to do public speaking. Great things you need to be successful in life and in your work place.

Why did you start blogging on your site? Why did you use that name for your blog? Are you looking to use your blog to help in your daily writing or communications skills? Please leave your comments below.

 

J

 

Ice Cream, Ice Cream, They Love Ice Cream! (A to Z Challenge)

10 Thursday Apr 2014

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Ice Cream from www.wikipedia.org

 

One of my kid’s favorite snacks during the summertime is ice cream. The flavors could be different types based on the mood they are in. Actually ice cream is one of their favorite snacks during anytime of the year.

We always have a tub or two of ice cream in our freezer on a daily basis and they are not always the same flavors either. We try to keep the flavors rotating to introduce new flavors to my kids. Some of the flavors are a big hit and others are as bad as brussels sprouts.

Some of the favorite flavors are chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate chip cookie dough. They also like other flavors like raspberry cheesecake by Duff. They do have a lot of choices since the local ice cream shop has 100 plus flavors of ice cream cones.

I use it as a positive reward at times and it does work.

Let’s hear your stories and memories with your kid(s) and ice cream or another favorite treat. Leave your thoughts in the comments please.

Thank You for following my blog.

 

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Hot Days Are Coming (A to Z Challenge)

09 Wednesday Apr 2014

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Tooting Bec Lido, in South London from www.wikipedia.org

 

I’m talking about the hot days of summer and the fun kid activities during those days. My kid’s are tired and done with snow and is starting to ask about going to the parks and playing outside. They are also asking about one of their favorite activities dealing with water and it is not fishing.

I hear every other day the same question over and over again. My youngest daughter comes up to me and says, “Can we go swimming today?” As the rest of them follow her into the room my wife and I are in. I see now that they are sending the youngest one in to ask the question they all want to know. How clever they are.

My kids have been around water since they were babies. It is an activity my wife and I love doing with the kids. I benefit of doing this activity is that all four kids will be to bed and asleep early on the days they swim.

So we try to go every time we can to our local swimming pool. Our local swimming pool has a diving board and several slides for all ages as well as a play area for the younger kids close to the zero entry point of the pool. We always have a blast going to the pool.

On the days it is too cool to swim, we tend on going to the parks around town so that they can play on the park equipment. This year this might be a little different since so bad things have happened with some of the equipment at parks in a town nearby. But that is for a different time and different post.

I hope that it doesn’t get to hot this summer. Last time it gotten in the 100 degree range we didn’t go outside as much since to was extremely too hot. Time will only tell.

So what are your favorite family activities during the summertime or is your family more of a wintertime family? What memories do you have during those family times do you remember? Please feel free to leave your answers in the comment section of this post.

Thank you for taking time to read my posts and leave comments. I was also thinking about starting a podcast but I’m still not sure about it yet. I’ll have a poll up later about that topic your you to answer.

 

H