Our 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 […]

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!  

Today’s Tale is in the Chronicle. You can find it here. Terms for Searchers: Ice Cream, Gelati, Jeremiah’s

A 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 […]

Today’s tale is in the Chronicle. Click here to read it! Terms for Searchers: Cross Seminole Trail, Bicycle, Biking, Cycling, Big Kids, Competition

For 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 […]

Ever 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 […]

The other weekend, while my wife was out walking the dogs, the boys burst into our bedroom. “Daddy!” the four year old shouted. “We made you breakfast!” added his older brother. “Yeah, come look! Come look!” I followed them out to the kitchen, where they had set up a plate with bananas, dry cereal, and […]

Years and years ago, in a land far far away, Easter was a time for people to get all dodded up. People understood the concept of an “Easter dress” or “Easter suit” or, dare I say it, an “Easter bonnet.” Those times are long gone, at least here in Orlando, where “Easter” means wearing khakis […]

Today’s Tale is in the Seminole Chronicle. Click here to read it. Terms for Searchers: Mountain Lion, Little Big Econ, nap, alligator