From the monthly archives:

November 2006

November 2006 Photo Contest Winner

by Jason 11.30.2006 Kim & Jason News

Congrats to Jennifer Sieck, the winner of this month’s Lemonade Stand Photo Contest! The photo is of her son’s first trip to the Christmas tree farm. According to Jennifer, “He could have done without the snow.” Besides being featured on the home page this month, Jennifer won a $20 gift voucher.
Get a jump on the [...]

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Stinky’s Favorite Things: Holiday Edition

by Jason 11.30.2006 Kim & Jason News

[Editor's Note: This is a public excerpt from the private blog of Stinky, a stuffed skunk, opinionated connoisseur, and altogether jovial man about town. You can read all of Stinky’s enlightened thoughts on his blog as an official member of Club K&J.]
Well, it’s that time of year again; time for everyone in America to stand [...]

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Better Than Mr. T Cereal

by Jason 11.28.2006 Play

Yes, the Kotecki boys ate Mr. T cereal growing up. We also enjoyed watching him on the A-Team and in his Saturday morning cartoon. My brother Dan even dressed up as Mr. T for Halloween one year, I believe. It is with this nostalgia that I bring you the Mr. T Virtual Playset, presented by [...]

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38.5 Minutes a Week

by Jason 11.28.2006 Maintain Perspective

I read the other day that the average parent spends about 38.5 minutes a week in conversation with his or her child.
Thirty eight and a half minutes!!! A week!!!
I was never good at story problems, and I’m not sure I could pass algebra again, but even I can do that math: that comes out to [...]

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On Any Given Thursday

by Kim 11.26.2006 Adultitis

Back in February when we were finishing up The Escape Plan Jason shared on his blog about the long-lasting effects of Challenge #36, which was born out of some happenings from Challenge #33. Basically Jason’s Dad, Walt, who was an active participant in the 40-Day Challenge, wore a bow tie to work and it was [...]

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Hard Wired

by Jason 11.23.2006 Jason's Random Musings

Although some people may not want to admit it, every single one of us, at one point in our lives, was a child. Yep, it’s true. And sometimes the effects of that long lost childhood shine through in some peculiar ways. Sara Cantor is The Curious Shopper, and she recently made the observation that although [...]

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Meeting Joey

by Jason 11.21.2006 Jason's Random Musings

I had the honor and pleasure of meeting one of Kim & Jason’s biggest little fans this past weekend while in Virginia. Joey is four-and-a-half, and has been reading Kim & Jason since he was three. (You may remember Joey; he has appeared previously on this blog here and here.) His mom invited us over [...]

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Escape Plan: Washington D.C.

by Kim 11.19.2006 Adultitis

A few weeks ago when Jason and I were in Denver we had the chance to do some of the Escape Plan challenges and Jason shared them in his blog. As you probably read in Jason’s recent blog, Adultitis: Ground Zero, we just spent a week in D.C. We managed a delicate balance of work [...]

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