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Almost Anything Their Father Says After Bedtime “I’m going to tackle that!” From our child’s room: “You’ll be in timeout if you tackle, Daddy!” Conversations About Events We Won’t Attend What?! We’re not driving two hours for a random birthday gathering where we won’t know anyone and will feel out of place while eating guacamole?…

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home insemination kit In a heartwarming story, a four-year-old boy named Ethan had a rather unique request for his birthday cake: he wanted a cake depicting “a cow giving birth.” Ethan has a deep appreciation for farm life, often spending time on his relatives’ farm where he assists with milking cows and gathering eggs. When…

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