One of the long-running jokes between J and I is that she used to do a killer imitation of Betty Boop (boop-boop-be-doop!). She doesn’t do it any more, but we still chuckle about it. Yesterday, all four of us were wandering around a mall when we passed by one of those “we sell all sorts […]
Read MoreFor the past week, I’ve been up in Maryland doing what I could to help out my sister. Without getting into the details, her husband suffered a series of medical mishaps that ended with him in the ICU with serious brain damage. My siblings and I flew to help out however we could. I explained all […]
Read MoreFor the most part, N has accepted that he is required to eat at mealtimes. We still have meals, however, where we really have to work to get food into him. The other day, as we were eating dinner, he suddenly put his hands over his ears. His mom asked him what he was doing. […]
Read MoreFor some reason, I tend to wake up happy in the morning. I’m not sure why this is, but it has always bugged my wife. She wakes up much like a bear startled by a loud noise in the dead of winter… It probably doesn’t help that I like to sing in the mornings. I […]
Read MoreToday’s tale is in the Chronicle. Click Here to Read it. Terms for Searchers: ribbons, date, christmas show, fiancee
Read More’twas the night before Christmas… and the kids were wired. We had finished a long day of cleaning, preparations, and shopping, so they were also very tired. Wired and tired makes for silly kids, especially the night before Christmas. Finally, we settled down to read the Night Before Christmas. My wife hadm’t finished two pages […]
Read MoreJ’s specialty dessert is a Greek cookie known as koularakia – little cookies twisted into ribbons. They’re quite tasty and have the added benefit of being something that the kids can help her make. Not only do they work on the dough together, but the kids also have a fun time twisting the dough into the […]
Read MoreA few weekends ago, our church had the Sunday school classes come up to the altar to deliver presents for charity. Each class filed up to the altar, dropped off their presents and filed out again. Unfortunately, during this process the line with our three year old in it crossed the line of another class. The little […]
Read MoreAs some of you probably know, some very good friends are in the process of moving. They’re following work to a distant country known as “Pennsylvania”. We have actually been to this country once or twice, and know it primarily as the land of chocolates, trains, and Hakeems. The neighborhood threw them a going away party last […]
Read MoreSometimes, I hate that all the good local pre-Ks are Church based. I’m as religious as the next guy, but in a religious school, it’s way too easy for the teachers to invoke God when they can’t handle things. It drives me crazy. In fact, I’ve told both my kids that if anyone ever tells […]
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