Today’s Tale is in the Chronicle: Click here to read it Terms for searchers: God Bless America, church, Memorial Day, Veterans, Hamburger, sullen Backstory: This tale is actually a follow-up to a previous tale. You don’t have to read the old one, but you might want to. Click here for details!
Read MoreA few years back, the boys and I developed a tradition we call “Finger Love” (click here for more information). Despite a few weird setbacks, this tradition has persisted through the years. It’s been raining here for about a week, completely shutting down our morning routines of bicycling and exercise. Since the kids have been […]
Read MoreToday’s Tale is in the Chronicle. You can find it here. Terms for Searchers: Ice Cream, Gelati, Jeremiah’s
Read MoreWe’ve been fighting the nose-picking battle with our four year old. It seems like every time I turn around, he’s fishing boogers out of his nose and eating them. We’ve tried to gently encourage him to stop, but yesterday it got the better of me. “That is so disgusting,” I said. “You’ve got to stop. […]
Read MoreA week spent at home sick with my sick(er) six-year old was quite nice – assuming you could look past the phlegm and vomit and other assorted bodily nastiness. As we got healthy toward the end of the week, the big guy found himself with a lot of energy to burn off. Unfortunately, he chose […]
Read MoreIf you’ve been reading for a while, you may remember the Finger of Doom. If not, here’s a quick refresher. In the beginning, the game was called Slow Poke. It was something I started, and it was a really bad idea. You can read about it here. Some time after that, the combination of Slow […]
Read MoreWe watched Enchanted the other day. Fun movie, even if it is, as my 6-year old says, a “girl movie.” At one point, the well-intentioned-but-rather-dimwitted prince says “Thank you for keeping my bride safe, peasants.” “Daddy,” N (the four-year old) asked. “What does peasants mean?” “Poor. He called them poor.” The little guy burst out […]
Read MoreToday’s tale is in the Chronicle. Click here to read it! Terms for Searchers: Cross Seminole Trail, Bicycle, Biking, Cycling, Big Kids, Competition
Read MoreFor the longest time, our biggest challenge when we were out with the boys was the fight over who got to be first. Both boys wanted a chance to be the leader, and neither one wanted to let the other one lead. This inevitably ended with two boys racing to get in front and shoving […]
Read MoreEver since the kids discovered superheroes, they’ve been fascinated with them. We talk about them, we make up our own, we play the “what power would beat what power” game… In fact, for my six year old’s last birthday we had everyone dress up as superheroes. Some time during this whole mishmash of heroism, the […]
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