As I mentioned on Monday, several months back I took the boys down to the Animal Kingdom for a Saturday of fun. If you’ve never been to Disney, you need to know that they name their parking sections. At the Magic Kingdom, they’re named after Disney Characters. At the Animal Kingdom, they’re named after animals. […]
Read MoreI think I’ve probably already mentioned that C loves trains. The depth of this love can be rather surprising. Several months back, I took the boys down to the Animal Kingdom for a Saturday of fun. On the way, which is about a 45 minute trip, they completely conked out. By the time I arrived […]
Read MoreFor the past few months, J has been involved in a battle with C over food. More specifically, she wants him to eat his dinner and he doesn’t. I’ve been involved only peripherally, encouraging him to eat, but letting J do the heavy lifting. We have a bit of an advantage in this particular battle […]
Read MoreOne of N’s favorite things are these flashcards that J picked up somewhere. They are oversized – about as long and wide as a VCR tape – with a photo of an animal on one side. The other side has the name of the animal, and then lists a bunch of different activity ideas. The […]
Read MoreC has been looking forward to turning 3 for a long time. Ever since his brother’s last birthday, he has been telling us that he’ll be 3 at his next birthday. He even learned how to hold up 3 fingers for added emphasis. Unfortunately, his time-sense really isn’t that good. Things that happen in the […]
Read MoreN started doing a very odd thing this past weekend, and it has taken me this long (about 5 days) to figure it out. Let’s see if you do any better. Our neighborhood has a community pool, which we go to fairly frequently. It was at the end of one such visit that N came […]
Read MoreIn general, I try to avoid playing games that result in my chasing the kids. I much prefer games where they chase me. However, every once in a while I do end up chasing one or both of the little guys. Tuesday evening we had the best chase scene yet. It was time for C […]
Read MoreIn honor of the arrival of my new niece, I thought I’d go back in time to when N first arrived at the hospital. Having a baby when there’s another one already at home is a lot more complicated. Instead of just staying in the hospital until discharge time, I shuttled back and forth to […]
Read MoreThere will be a temporary interruption in Daddy Tales this week. I’ll resume on 8/8. Sorry for the outage! A big part of our nightly routine with the kids is reading bedtime stories. We started doing this very early on – even before C was old enough to talk. The point back then was to […]
Read MoreA few weeks ago, the whole family went shopping at the local mall. At one point, J wanted to do some clothes shopping in a department store, so I took C off to explore while she and N shopped. We ran around for a bit, and then found ourselves in the bed department. I flopped […]
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