I hope you’re not reading this while eating. If you are, you might want to wait a bit. It gets rather rude. A few weeks ago, we were sitting at the dinner table when I burped. It was a little thing that just kind of urped out of me. The kids, however, thought it was […]
Read MoreEver since our night of singing, C has been having a great time creating his own songs. Most of the time, he’s still in stream of consciousness mode, but everyone once in a while he comes out with a coherent gem. The other night I was flying solo leading up to the bedtime routine. He […]
Read MoreOne of the common topics of debate among 3 and 4 years olds is what they want to be when they grow up. Some want to be firemen, others astronauts, and so forth. I have stayed out of this particular discussion because I’m not sure I’m ready to hear the answer yet. After all, it […]
Read MoreDuring a slow moment during this past vacation, J decided to teach the boys a game. She put both hands behind her back and secretly hid a crumpled up napkin in one of them. Then she held both hands out in front of her, fists closed. “Pick!” C picked a hand, but it was the […]
Read MoreAs a celebration of C’s 4th birthday, we spent this past weekend camping down at Disney. It was a whirlwind of rides and showe and new experiences. During meals, or any other slow downs, we’d typically about talk the things we’d seen and done. It was at one such meal that C announced “I liked […]
Read MoreEvery other week, DaddyTales is carried in the Seminole Chronicle. Rather than duplicate what appears there, I just link to it. Here it is. Keywords for searchers: Alligator smile, moo, R.J. Gator’s. Enjoy!
Read MoreDuring our last vacation, we ran into an interesting problem: we only had one bedroom. This was a problem because at home our bedtime routine splits up after prayer. I take one child to his room, and J takes the other. Where’s the problem? Well, each of the kids gets a lullaby prior to going […]
Read MoreAs you might have figured out by now, we do a lot of singing in our household. We sing to get chores done, sing to walk, sing to celebrate, sing to eat, sing to go to bed… heck, sometimes we even sing when we shop. As you can tell, there’s a lot of singing going […]
Read MoreAs parents, it’s a bad idea to compete for your kids’ attention. You really don’t want them to have a favorite parent. However, it’s practically impossible to stop yourself from trying to have a good time with your kids. I mean, they’re your kids. You’re supposed to have a good time with them. Sure, family […]
Read MoreSometimes as parents, we’re granted little flashes of insight into how our kids are thinking. The other day we were gifted with just such a moment. It was approaching dinner time, and the kids were playing with a toy school bus in the kitchen. This particular bus has places in it where the “little people” […]
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