Today’s tale is in the Chronicle. Click Here to Read it! Keywords for searchers: lazy, low energy, doctor, stomp, walk, mouth
Read MoreThis morning, my five year old took one look at the breakfast I’d prepared for him and announced that he was sick. “You’re sick?” I asked. “Yeah. My mouth hurts. It – Ouch! hurts to chew.” He was holding his unbitten waffle about six inches from his mouth. “I thought you liked waffles.” “I do! But […]
Read MoreThis weekend, after watching as much of the NFL playoffs as the kids could stomach, we grabbed a nerf and headed out to play some football. Our youngest (who’s only three), wasn’t interested so we set up a three-person game. For those interested in how to play touch football with three people, here’s what I […]
Read MoreThe recovery process for my wrist surgery involves, of course, stretching exercises. These exercises are quite simple: I move the wrist to what should be a pain free position and hold it there for a count of ten. I do each one ten times. As you might imagine, the boys are fascinated by the whole process. This […]
Read MoreThe other day I was giving the house a thorough vacuuming when N suddenly appeared in front of me. He looked at the vaccuum, threw both hands over his head, and shouted “Oh No!” So I chased him with the vacuum, growling and making monster faces. I don’t think he heard me growling. Our vacuum is […]
Read MoreToday’s Tale is in the Chronicle: Click Here to Read it! Keywords for searchers: Cookie Flower turtle Brevard bye
Read MoreThe kids get upset by the strangest things. The other week, N (the three year old) burst into tears because I’d given him the wrong color bowl for his cereal. He apparently wanted green. I’m not one to give in to those sorts of demands. I calmly explained to him that he could have a […]
Read MoreOne of the long-running jokes between J and I is that she used to do a killer imitation of Betty Boop (boop-boop-be-doop!). She doesn’t do it any more, but we still chuckle about it. Yesterday, all four of us were wandering around a mall when we passed by one of those “we sell all sorts […]
Read MoreFor the most part, N has accepted that he is required to eat at mealtimes. We still have meals, however, where we really have to work to get food into him. The other day, as we were eating dinner, he suddenly put his hands over his ears. His mom asked him what he was doing. […]
Read MoreFor some reason, I tend to wake up happy in the morning. I’m not sure why this is, but it has always bugged my wife. She wakes up much like a bear startled by a loud noise in the dead of winter… It probably doesn’t help that I like to sing in the mornings. I […]
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