This past weekend, I found myself with the kids at a play area in the mall. A play area is basically a large area with a soft floor and a whole bunch of nonmoving kids’ toys: giant plastic airplaines for them to climb on, small slides, and so forth. It’s surrounded by barriers the kids […]
Read MoreLast night, J had a "ladies night out". Normally, this is a chance for us boys to have a lot of fun, but I’ve been fighting a cold. So, instead we just did a "movie night". Movie nights are a tradition that started the first time I found myself alone with C and couldn’t come […]
Read MoreYou may remember my earlier story about time outs. Despite that, they are a very effective method of punishment. C hates them – which is good. Even better, he understands them. He’s so accustomed to them now that sometimes when he’s caught being bad, he’ll look up and say "I go to time out. Need […]
Read MoreC caught himself a bit of a sniffle on Friday. For those that don’t have kids, when a toddler gets a sniffle it’s not a polite little thing that is kept behind handkerchiefs. It’s a full-face juicy extravaganza of snuffling, honking and spray. Very much because of that, Saturday morning found C getting some alone […]
Read MoreThere’s a dark little secret about new babies that most non-parents don’t know about: meconium. Meconium is a black tarry substance that is what newborns produce as part of their poo. Pardon the word poo, but I don’t know what else to call it. Changing a meconium diaper is a real hassle. The stuff really […]
Read MoreThere are few things more frustrating than a toddler who has decided to be bad. In this case, it was C. We have been trying to teach him "table manners" – no yelling at the table, be quiet when other people are talking, no feet on the table, and so on. A week or so […]
Read MoreC loves boats almost as much as he loves trains. He loves waving and shouting "Hi" when they arrive, and he loves waving and shouting "bye" when they leave. Last week, I took the boys to Epcot while J was working. We had a great time, and towards the end of the trip we took […]
Read MoreA few weeks back, our whole family went to the art museum to see an exhibition of Curious George paintings. The paintings were neat, but didn’t hold C’s interest as long as they held J’s – so I took him wandering through the rest of the museum. It wasn’t long before we stumbled upon a […]
Read MoreA few nights back, C caught himself a nasty cough. During the night this cough combined with some nightmares. He was crying and couldn’t sleep, so I went to his room and stretched out beside him. While he was calming down and telling me about his nightmares, he spotted the little green light of the […]
Read MoreThe ongoing battle between the siblings finally started to even out yesterday. As you may remember, N has been winning these little slugfests – although I’ve had some people argue that Round 1 was actually a tie. The other morning, N was throwing his first genuine tantrum. He doesn’t usually do this, preferring instead to […]
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