Father’s Day this year was a quiet sort of day. Between the triple digit heat and humidity so thick you could bottle it, we pretty much just stayed indoors all day. By late afternoon, the kids were going stir crazy. “Okay,” I said from the kitchen table. “Get out.” The six-year old stopped spinning long enough […]
Read More“Daddy,” my five year old asked. “Does mommy have a back eye?” I was making breakfast, still feeling a little blurry from a late night playtest the previous evening. “What?” I yawned. “No, no I don’t think so. Why would she have a black eye?” “No,” he tugged on my pajama pantleg. ”A backeye, does she have […]
Read More“Mom, Dad, who’s the most famous writer?” My six year old greeted us with this question this morning as he crawled into our bed. “Hmm,” I said. “I think maybe William Shakespeare. What do you think, momma?” “Aren’t we just talking about living writers?” she asked. “Okay,” I propped myself up on my elbow. ”then I […]
Read MoreYesterday, my wife and kids turned the kids’ new bunk beds into a giant blanket fort. My four-year old took me in to show me in the evening. We climbed under the blanket hanging over the head of his bed, and he showed me all the cool features of it. “It’s got a light,” he […]
Read MoreThe end of our bedtime routine involves a story followed by a song. During the song (and sometimes the story), our oldest likes to have his back scratched. Not too long ago, our youngest started objecting that he wanted his back scratched also. This is a problem because he doesn’t like to have his back […]
Read MoreToday’s tale is in the Seminole Chronicle. Click here to read it! Terms for Searchers: Roller Skating, Semoran Skateway, who’s the daddy
Read MoreYesterday when I went out to shoot some hoops with my six-year old, I noticed that our basketball hoop had been raised to the full ten feet. “Hey big guy,” I said. “Want me to lower it? That’s the height the pros use.” He looked at me, then the hoop, then threw the basketball in: […]
Read MoreThe kids and their mom went down to visit some friends at Disney yesterday. The friends were staying at a Disney hotel with what sounds like a fantastic pool. There’s some sort of volcano or mountain in the middle with a water slide twisting around it. My wife described it last night as a great […]
Read MoreOur six-year-old’s big present last Christmas was a digital camera, and it was a big hit. He loved taking pictures. More than that, though, I think he loved having it. A camera, you see, is a grown-up thing. It’s not something little boys have, which proved, of course, that he was no longer a little […]
Read MorePrior to me biking our kindergartner into school, my morning duties included getting the kids dressed and getting them breakfast. Now, however, I have to leave earlier than my wife, which means she sometimes ends up on morning kid duty. Yesterday, as I took the dogs out for their morning constitutional, I noticed a showdown […]
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