I’m taking a brief hiatus to attend my sister’s wedding.  DaddyTales Will Resume on Monday 5/15.  Sorry for the interruption. On the plus side, there are Big Things planned for when I return – including a new web design. RSS feeds, and more.  If you have an RSS feed that you’d like me to include, […]

There’s a camp song that J used to sing when she was camp director: This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me.This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me.This joy that I have, the world didn’t give to me.The world didn’t give it – the world can’t […]

Well, this is it: my 100th tale. After much pondering, I’ve decided to depart drastically from my usual format. Instead of telling you a story, I’m going to give you a pop quiz. If you don’t know the answer to a question, just click the “Answer here” link to see the story – or at […]

The other night, as dinner was winding down, I decided to run a little experiment with the kids. The food was all gone (even the vegetables), and J was in her "stuff as much fruit down them as they can eat" mode. I think I’ve mentioned this before. It consists of the kids saying "all […]

N has discovered a wonderful new trick. Right before he goes the bathroom, he looks at us and says "poop". Then his eyes sort of cross and he produces. For those non-parents out there, this is absolutely fantastic. Potty training is a challenge, and having your 16 month old recognize and announce what’s going on […]

The other day at dinner, we had an interesting little moment. Dinner was over, the boys had been excused from the table, and we were cleaning up. Then I remembered that we had Heavenly Hash ice cream in the fridge. I love Heavenly Hash. I asked C to ask his Momma if daddy could have […]

Okay, so my wife had a birthday party this past weekend. It was a big one (with a 0 in it), and we had a pretty big party. My surprise for her was that I had arranged for us to release butterflies. The butterflies arrived in individual boxes Friday morning. Because I had to keep […]

This past weekend, we had the most amazingly bad luck at Red Lobster. To start with, while we were waiting N fell and bumped his head on the concrete sidewalk. He developed the largest goose egg that I’ve ever seen. I mean the thing stuck out from his forehead farther than his nose did. It […]

I’ve been asked upon occasion about a strange little tradition that has developed between the boys and myself. As many of you know, I’m a big fan of traditions – particularly intensely personal ones. The more unusual the better. In this case, the routine goes like this: I stand arm’s reach away from one of […]

Having just returned from a great vacation, I’m going to go in a slightly different direction than usual today. Last Wednesday found us at Hershey Park (a very large amusement park in Pennsylvania). We arrived at 11 am and stayed pretty much until closing (9 pm), with the kids taking a brief stroller nap in […]