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Getting Out the Door

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The Fifteen Minutes Before We Leave the House - getting out the door
Getting Out the Door

The Fifteen Minutes Before We Leave the House

The last quarter hour before we walk out the door is the loudest part of our day. Here is how we finally…

The Car Seat Standoff and What Finally Ended It - getting out the door
Getting Out the Door

The Car Seat Standoff and What Finally Ended It

Getting a strong willed kid into a car seat used to be the last obstacle between us and actually leaving. Here is…

The Bag We Pack the Same Way Every Time - getting out the door
Getting Out the Door

The Bag We Pack the Same Way Every Time

One bag, packed the exact same way every single outing, turned out to be the thing that finally made leaving the house…

The Question We Stopped Asking at the Door - getting out the door
Getting Out the Door

The Question We Stopped Asking at the Door

One small question we used to ask every single time we left the house was quietly making things harder. Dropping it changed…