Last Sunday, right around three in the afternoon, a wave of nausea hit me. I’ve been down with the flu ever since. My wife moved out to the couch and my father-in-law postponed his visit. I spent the week mostly in bed, with occasional sojourns out to the kitchen to listen to all the adventures […]
Read MoreThe other day, the boys and I made up a truly bizarre story, one that somehow ended up having a rather obvious moral. I decided to take advantage of the situation. “That was cool,” I said. ”It even had a moral. Anyone know what the moral of the story was?” “What’s a moral?” my oldest asked. […]
Read MoreThe 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 MoreToday’s Tale is in the Seminole Chronicle. Actually, I like their title better than mine… Click here to read it. Terms for Searchers: Gold Tooth, Pirate, Argh, Story
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 […]
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