Tag: boys
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Creative T-Shirts for New Dad & Uncle
I’ve known my friend Jody’s two boys since the day they were born. I have watched them grow up to become wonderful young men! I can’t believe her oldest, Austin, is going to be a first-time dad and his brother, Camden, a first-time uncle. What an exciting times for these young men! Jody invited me […]
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Boys Love Shopping for New Shoes
Most boys don’t get excited about new clothes. So when they receive them as gifts they don’t oooh and aaah over them like most girls do. As a mother who loves fashion but who doesn’t have any daughters, I’ve come to accept this. But I have found an exception to the rule. Boys LOVE to […]
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Why I Gave My Son a Baby Doll
I’m raising a little human. He happens to be a boy. In our culture, many unsaid rules exist about how little humans called “boys” should act. Even more so for “girls.” At the age of two, I bought my son a little doll, a newborn baby dressed head to toe in pink pajamas. I wanted […]
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Manly Memento Box | Birthday Gift for Boy
My nephew is turning 11 years old, and I wanted to give him a memento box to keep his priceless treasures. I know kids really like anything electronic these days, but hear me out on this one. Guys have tool boxes, tackle boxes for fishing gear, and even leather boxes for their watches and jewelry. […]
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Socks and Underwear for Christmas | Family Traditions
My grandparents never forgot the Great Depression. Granddaddy talked about not having “one red cent!” Everything was bartered. They traded farm-raised pigs, cattle, chickens and what they grew in their garden for sugar, flour and other necessities. Necessities were all they thought about. There was never any money leftover for extras. Even as their lives improved after the Great […]