The big guy woke me up last Saturday by bouncing on the bed and shouting ”Good morning!” “Uhh,” I groaned and rolled over. 6:30 is too early to wake up on Saturdays. He crawled over me, and put his face about half an inch from mine. “Good Morning.” I cracked an eye open and grumbled ”Good morning.” […]
Read MoreThe 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 MoreA couple weeks ago, I was downstairs playing with the kids when my wife poked her head in the room. “Dinner’s almost ready,” she said. “Wait!” my youngest son shouted. We all looked at him. “If the phone rings,” he said, with his most serious expression. “Don’t answer it.” “Why?” my wife asked. “Because it’s […]
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 MoreGiven how much we play music around the house, it makes sense that the kids would love it too. It’s also to be expected, I suppose, that my wife would burn CDs for their kids, discs filled with all their favorite songs, both from the music classes she teaches and from the movies they love: […]
Read MoreHere’s a fun one I ran across in my notes. This happened last time we were up north.. My oldest sister had decided to tease my oldest about “icky girls.” When it was clear he didn’t know quite how to respond, I piped up. “No,” I said. “He’s not like that. He likes girls. Right, big […]
Read MoreWhen I got my copies of the new Chicken Soup for the Soul book in last week, I was pretty excited. It’s not the first short story I’ve had published, but it’s still exciting to see your work in print. “Check it out,” I said, showing the kids. “I’ve got a story in it!” “How […]
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 MoreOn the way to visit Nana and Grampa this past Saturday, I explained the importance of not chasing their new cat. The boys aren’t used to cats. They’re used to black labs, large creatures that want to be chased, and the last thing I wanted to deal with was cat scratches. They did a great […]
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