Peach fuzz.
Ah, school vacation week. Never a dull moment when you have to work, but the kids have to stay home. We survived, though. A trip down to VA to see the new nephew, a day working from home, a day Continue reading
Ah, school vacation week. Never a dull moment when you have to work, but the kids have to stay home. We survived, though. A trip down to VA to see the new nephew, a day working from home, a day Continue reading
This past Saturday was the first in a very long time that we had absolutely nothing to do. I, however, did the one thing you never do on such an occasion, I talked about it. To wit, I announced it Continue reading
The characters: Dad (me), C (age 7), M (age 5) and my brain (sleep addled). The setting: the bathroom at 7:15 am on a school/work day Dad is in the shower. It is early and he is trying to wash Continue reading
Last week was a busy week. I had three events in the evening that kept me out well past when the boys went to bed. They were good about it, but that didn’t assuage the daddy-guilt of missing story time Continue reading
Dad! The squirrels ate my jack-o-lantern’s face!
Rather than recreate cycle of the weekend, here are the highlights that help explain the world I live in: Saturday afternoon: C (age 7): Dad, I’m bored! Dad: Only boring people get bored. M (age 5): Yeah, I’m bored too. Continue reading
The deed is done. Two larger than life buckets of candy are sitting on the dining room table. They have been inventoried and their contents committed to memory. Yesterday was our prep day. K found an post on AlphaMom about an Angry Continue reading
It’s kind of funny when you think about it, but every parent has an innate dread of “the question.” We all know it’s coming, we’d all prefer to be the one who answers it and yet, we all freeze up Continue reading
So many things have happened since my last post. Writer’s block, mostly. But, also, the boys started school, soccer restarted, we hired a new nanny (a manny, in fact), I travelled a ridiculous amount for work and I have started Continue reading
Son, Seven years ago today, your mother and I were in shock. Okay, I was in shock, your mother was hungry and exhausted. You were late (which has been a trend since…), the family had been waiting 28 hours for Continue reading