Sentences with phrase «through as a kid»

Responsibility Pet ownership in general is one of those rites of passage that a lot of us go through as kids, whether it's taking care of the class hamster for a weekend, having your first goldfish, or adopting a dog or cat.

The original Blaster Master was an adventure I tried over and over to play through as a kid, but never made it quite all the way to the end in the single sitting required.

If your parents and or grandparents are anything like mine, however, then you're probably getting a daily reminder that sounds something like this: «it's not so bad, these are the kind of winters I grew up with,» or «this is nothing compared to what I had to go through as a kid.»

If you feel overwhelmed by the quantity, a great approach is to put most of the toys away and rotate through them as your kids lose interest.

Sports fans may also get a tickle out of Summer Games II, Winter Games and World Games, which I dimly recall being forced to sit through as a kid.

Gorgoeus homes, the one with the red door reminds me of a childhood friend whose home had the round door, it was always such a thrill to walk through it as a kid... so different.

Not exact matches

The athletic apparel retailer sells goods through its brick - and - mortar stores that include Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, as well as direct to consumer through its websites.

Once employees are hired at RFRK, they go through a comprehensive onboarding process in which they meet with the owners as a group for up to an hour to learn more about the company's inception — a story that involves two fed - up parents on a mission to give kids healthier food options.

When you drive through your hometown and you see an ice cream shop you went to as a kid that's closed, you try to imagine what it'd be like to be a kid and not be able to go to that place.

The Final Four is part of a talent pipeline — as Gallup CEO Jim Clifton often comments, kids everywhere with basketball talent dream of playing in the NBA, and from junior high through college we have a pipeline.

Including investments in consumer companies he holds through Maveron, a venture capital firm he co-founded — and the tens of millions of dollars of equity he owns in Groupon (GRPN) as a director — his net worth is in the neighborhood of at least $ 2 billion, which isn't bad for a kid who grew up in the projects of Brooklyn, on the seventh floor at 1560 East 102nd St. Obama himself, according to Schultz, said he was «very aware of my personal story.»

As a kid, I'd hone my bike - riding skills by darting through downtown traffic on the way to the «Snail and then back again to my home, a half hour away in Parkdale.

Wal - Mart said it would promote the toys through in - store displays that call them out as chosen by kids, on a landing page on Walmart.com, and through online, social and print marketing.

The modern Super Bowl halftime show as we know it started in 1991 with New Kids on the Block (previous shows featured a theme with marching bands and various performance groups), and it's stayed relatively consistent since: A pop star (or stars) takes over the field with props, backup dancers, probably pyrotechnics, and possibly even a live band, and goes through a rundown of their hits in a handful of minutes.

Walt Disney Imagineers created a full - sized replica of the Millennium Falcon's cockpit, complete with four different scenarios that kids can pilot through as part of their Oceaneer's Kids Club on - board progkids can pilot through as part of their Oceaneer's Kids Club on - board progKids Club on - board program.

What I am advocating for is more freedom for employees to integrate their careers with the other pillars of their lives, such as getting to know their kids, discovering new perspectives through travel, and fueling creative thinking through passion projects — all things that lead to happier, more innovative and more committed employees.

We want to raise our kids to see the importance of giving your time through volunteer work as well as giving financially.

Pay the mortgage on a $ 10m mansion as well as a $ 5m summer place in the Hamptons, put four kids through Ivy League colleges, fly first class anywhere you'd like, make half a dozen angel investments at $ 250K each, eat out every night at three star restaurants, vacation on the Riviera, and have a full - time cook, butler, nanny and chauffeur.

As possible within your budget, save for your kids education through a 529 education plan.

«You are only as happy as your worst off kid» — Parenting Proverb One day, I was going through a bipolar moment.

New Democrats feel their best shot at re-election cuts a straight path through Kenney's social values, policies and past comments against same - sex marriage and abortion, as well as his more recent comments that parents ought to be informed that their kids are in school gay - straight alliances.

If you do Creationism you have to go through other faith's take on the creation of the universe as well and that wont give our kids the much needed brain power they need to get us out this funk!

I scroll through pictures of them running ministries in South Africa, working on staff with Hillsong in Europe, raising their kids in the California sun — and here I am, posting pictures of my boys in many of the same parks that I once explored as a child.

«I knew we were screwed, as a state and as a country,» Jonathan Goyer says, «when I had a conversation with a kid who was going through withdrawals.»

The trick of teaching children becomes shepherding kids through their own brokenness, letting them in on the tragedy of the world at the same time as you let them in on the goodness of God.

And at the same time, I see our homes and our travels, our tears and our laughter, I see him standing in the room and weeping over tea - towels with never - babies inside, and I see us holding the now - growing - up babies as they learn to walk, and I see him looking at me across our old bed that he built with his own hands and I see us as kids and I see us as lovers and I see us as best friends, and I see us just last night as we staggered through a sleepless night with lanky kids who couldn't sleep well and I think, God, we grew up together.

What began as a simple act has turned into a full - blown revolution, as tens of thousands of families all over the world now tune in to Sarah's weekly Read - Aloud Revival podcast, a show dedicated to helping parents make meaningful and lasting connections with their kids through books.

The Duggar Family of «18 Kids and Counting» on TLC — I don't normally watch this show, but it caught my attention last night when I was flipping through stations and I saw that the Duggar Family was in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee (which is just «down the way» as we like to say here in East Tennessee).

The kid asked to meet Luke Skywalker (notably not Mark Hamill), but after receiving the request through his agent, Hamill apparently gave the young boy's family his home address and hosted them for hours, fielding question after question from the kid, and answering them all as the famous Jedi.

It speaks to the satisfactions I've found recently through intentional encounters with the unscreened world: in helping my neighbor load up his baby pigs; putting my phone in a tray as I come through the front door so that I remember to give my kids my whole self; observing the way the Benedictine monks on the hill near my home bow in greeting one another and the way their eyes pierce me — greeting me, the stranger, as a guest, as Christ.

Humans appear to have evolved to bond through se.x as a way of brining couples together for mutual protection and to raise any kids that might result.

His time spent watching television is time not spent doing something else, such as developing motor skills through play, or social skills through being with other kids, or conceptual and creative skills through hobbies, or developing imagination and logical abilities through reading.

But I confess to you that I dragged Lisa and my kids through my own personal Hell and made it theirs for a while as well.

Kids need to be free to make up their own minds... There will be people who through matters of conscience feel like they want to identify as gay but stay celibate.

David, you wrote: «But I confess to you that I dragged Lisa and my kids through my own personal Hell and made it theirs for a while as well.»

Those of the Muslim faith are as zealous and passionate about their faith being expressed through procreation as the Duggars here in Arkansas — 19 kids and counting — Abortion is unacceptable and every child is a blessing from Allah --

I've looked the Devil in the eye as he walked through the metal detectors prior to asking for sole custody of his kids even though he was a violent criminal.

maybe like the family where the parents make the kids dress a certain way because «we have to project an image», as opposed to the family that allows their kids to express their own unique personality through clothing, makeup, hairstyles, etc, even if it is a little uncomfortable for the parents.

After heavy snow fall in the area, he's been clearing sidewalks around an elementary school, explaining to a local news station, «I don't want kids or parents having to go through the snow and possibly trip or hurt themselves... The community has supported me immensely with my struggles and tough times as I had a leg amputated and my fight with brain cancer.

IMHO Having 25 + / - kids at home (foster or not) should not give her time on the big stage in front of the American people to run for President as this would be child neglect or borders on tax payer fraud through the foster care system payments she receives for each child which is about $ 650 / Month.

Its funny my little boy Jackson — who is a massive inspiration to me, was bought up on green smoothies and my wife's diet was immense through the pregnancy, he is a testament to this as he is such strong healthy kid and is never sick.

I tramped up and down that path my whole childhood, although as we kids got older, we would follow the creek and go through the tunnel under Hyw 1 and scramble down the waterfall!

Tonight I scrolled through my food links, sick as a dog, while my husband has both kids at the grocery store.

Anyway, this waffle recipe is Mike's favorite, his kids favorites and their kids favorites, handed down from generation to generation through our family... and even though it somehow skipped me, it's back in place thanks to my sister - in - law, and is a favorite of my family as well.

Each week as I go through the comments, I undoubtedly see something from Isabel or Nicole or Renee or Liz or someone else saying either something sweet about the boys, or mentioning how it reminds them of when their kids were younger, and how things are different now.

I needed something fast and easy for dinner tonight, and with the amount of sugar that's passed through this house and my kids this weekend, I really wanted something fresh and light as well.

Her Turkish and Italian influences come through as well as her health conscience and kid friendly side!

It's funny because I rarely go through a holiday without thinking of my grandma's fruit salad - a recipe no one has made in years and I may have to try and revive this summer - and the dish that I drooled over as a kid: Rice and raisins.

As I baked the sugar cookie bar base and the smell of warm butter and sugar filled the air, kids started filing through the kitchen wondering aloud what I was making.

By default, those kids who get scared because your friendly dog dressed as a sheriff busts through the door and kind of scares them.