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Read MoreWe have a strict rule in our house: no one gets up before 6:30am. Our two boys sleep in the same room. It’s the oldest’s job to make sure that no one leaves that bedroom before 6:30am. Though he hates the restriction, he likes the responsibility of being the clock reader. Yesterday morning, however, was […]
Read MoreAs some of you know, this past year brought with it the discovery of genetic heart problems in my wife and kids. Currently all is well, but for a while things were extremely tense, as we received one misdiagnosis and bad test result after another. We did the best we could to keep things from […]
Read More[This one is a major break from the DaddyTales philosophy. It’s as much about me as it is about the kids, but it ended up with such an incredible moment, that I wanted to share.] We watched the Secret of NIMH Saturday evening. It’s a great movie adaptation of the book Mrs. Brisby and the […]
Read MoreAs you may remember, our oldest son much prefers riding on roller coasters with me than with his momma. The problem is simple: she likes to scream on roller coasters – and that scares the heck out of the kids. We were back down at Disney a couple weeks ago, packing in the good times before school […]
Read MoreI’ve thought several times that I should add a “bizarre” category, but at this point (after 470+ tales), it would involve going back and re-categorizing such a large number of them, that I just don’t think I can do it. As we were eating lunch the other day, our four year old noticed his momma […]
Read MoreThe kids are very focused these days on “good guys” and “bad guys”. If someone gets hurt in a movie or a book, they immediately ask if that was a good guy or a bad guy. Whenever we consider seeing a movie, they ask if the good guys win. It’s very important to them. This […]
Read MoreWe continue to have issues getting our youngest to eat properly. While he’ll gobble up all the bread and chips you put before him, getting meat or veggies down his little throat is a real challenge. At dinner the other day, he and his momma had a showdown over chicken. Everyone else had pretty much […]
Read MoreBoth of my kids have nightmares. I don’t know why. I suppose everyone has them. The three-year old’s aren’t quite as bad as his older brother’s, but they’re still quite traumatic for him. The other night, he comes running in to our bedroom, shouting “I had a mean dream! I had a mean dream!” I catch […]
Read MoreThe kids and I exercise before school each day – situps, jumping jacks, that sort of thing. Their mom says it helps focus them for the day. I think she’s just trying to get me to exercise. After breakfast this morning, as we were stretching, C announced that he was going to be the teacher. That […]
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