The battle of the boogers took a strange turn a few weeks back. I reading the kids a bedtime story, when I spotted my youngest picking his nose. I tried to ignore it, but when he started to pop the booger in his mouth, I couldn’t help myself. “Stop,” I said. He froze, finger hovering […]
Read MoreMy wife was in Texas for the first three days of this past week, leaving me to fly solo with two sick kids. No worries there, of course. The boys always seem to get sick when their mom leaves town. I’m getting kind of used to it. In any case, everything went smoothly, or so […]
Read MoreAs I mentioned earlier, the kids are currently going through a serious “We Will Rock You” phase. In fact, as we were driving yesterday, our five-year old spontaneously burst into song. “You got mud on your face,You think it’s grace,dun-dun dun can, dun, dun, dun dun dunSingin we will, we will, rock you!” “Wait a […]
Read MoreAbout 16 years ago, I found myself saying “love you too” to the woman that would eventually become my wife. The problem with saying “I love you too” is that it sounds like an afterthought, like you didn’t think to say it first and now you’re trying to make up lost ground, trying to reassure […]
Read MoreThe other night at dinner, my darling little 5 year old hopped out of his chair, held his hands out so that one was on either side of me and said, “Look, Daddy! You’re as fat as the chair!” Then he laughed and ran back to his seat. Such a wonderful little boy. Too bad […]
Read MoreOne of my goals as a parent is to make sure the kids aren’t bothered too much by what other people say. I don’t think it’s healthy to let your emotions be ruled by other people. Take, for example, the word “fat.” A lot of people think it’s a dirty word. Call them fat and […]
Read MoreThe kids and I do a lot of shooting each other. It didn’t start out that way. In the beginning, their mom forbade guns or even gun-shaped toys. Then she realized that there was simply no good way of preventing a three-year old from pointing his finger at his brother and saying “bang!” In addition to […]
Read More“Yay!” my youngest shouted. “No school tomorrow. It’s a holiday!” He bounced on the bed where my wife and I were still trying to wake up. “Yep,” I said. “Why?” he asked. “It’s called Labor Day,” my wife answered. “It’s a holiday for us to remember how hard we all work for a living.” I said. Actually, […]
Read MoreMowing in Central Florida is usually done as early in the morning as possible. The goal is to get the whole yard done before the temperature hits 90 degrees. On the other hand, if you’re not mowing your lawn, you really don’t want to wake up to the sound of your neighbor’s lawn mower. How […]
Read MoreNot so very long ago, one of my wife’s friends gave her a recipe for “Beer Bottom Chicken”. Basically, you balance your chicken on an open beer can for roasting. No, I have no idea how or why this is supposed to improve the flavor of a roast chicken. I could understand pouring the beer […]
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