After an unplanned two-week outage, DaddyTales is back with, of all things, a poem. Enjoy!

What do you talk about when you’re lost in the wilderness with your kids? Murderers, of course. What else? Enjoy!

With the rest of the family off in Texas this week, I don’t have anything current to use as a DaddyTale. Instead, here’s a tale about something that happened to us several months ago, when we were in St. Augustine. More specifically we were at the merry-go-round at Davenport Park. Normally we all enjoy riding, […]

Today’s tale is in the Seminole Chronicle. Click here to read it! Terms for Searchers: Oviedo Mall, train, Sheesh, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

This is one that’s so silly I’m not going to tell you which boy said what… I was sitting on the couch one evening reading to the boys, when I noticed one of them had raised his pajama shirt and was holding his nipples while he stared at them. I stopped reading to look at […]

Today’s tale is in the Chronicle. You can click here to read it. Interestingly, the Chronicle editors cut off the end of the tale. Go read it there first and then come back and read it here. What do you think? Do you like the last few paragraphs, or do you like the change in […]

Both of my kids are what you’d call “nice.” They try not to do mean things. If they see that another kid is hurt, they go check on him or her. One even stopped in the middle of a soccer game to check on one of his opponents that had tripped. When they see that […]

Today’s Tale is in the Chronicle. Click here to read it! Tips for Searchers: magic, stickers, uh-oh

During the day, while everyone else is at school, I work downstairs. The dogs either lounge by my feet or roll around on the grass in the yard. It’s pretty quiet, with just the dogs and I. They don’t talk much, and I try very hard not to listen when they do. Our primary distraction […]

Today’s Tale is in the Seminole Chronicle. Click here to read it! Tips for searchers: momma, shopping, yes dear, wife, insane, lost it, stern