During our last vacation, we ran into an interesting problem: we only had one bedroom. This was a problem because at home our bedtime routine splits up after prayer. I take one child to his room, and J takes the other. Where’s the problem? Well, each of the kids gets a lullaby prior to going […]

As you might have figured out by now, we do a lot of singing in our household. We sing to get chores done, sing to walk, sing to celebrate, sing to eat, sing to go to bed… heck, sometimes we even sing when we shop. As you can tell, there’s a lot of singing going […]

As parents, it’s a bad idea to compete for your kids’ attention. You really don’t want them to have a favorite parent. However, it’s practically impossible to stop yourself from trying to have a good time with your kids. I mean, they’re your kids. You’re supposed to have a good time with them. Sure, family […]

Sometimes as parents, we’re granted little flashes of insight into how our kids are thinking. The other day we were gifted with just such a moment. It was approaching dinner time, and the kids were playing with a toy school bus in the kitchen. This particular bus has places in it where the “little people” […]

This is not the daddytale I intended to post today. I was actually typing up today’s tale when I was interrupted by screaming from downstairs. Now that I’ve dealt with the screaming, I’ve decided to write it up as an instant daddytale. I don’t usually do this, but we’ll see how it goes. Now, to get […]

I think I’ve mentioned before that we’re currently deep in an “imaginative play“.phase. This is easily the most surprising phase of C’s development. The other night, for example, we had some friends over. At one point, as we were sitting around talking, C announced to one of them “You’re a man!” “No I’m not!” she said. […]

Every other Friday, DaddyTales is published in the Seminole Chronicle. Rather than repost content, I’m just linking. Click here to read the tale! [Keywords: bar, grampa, hops, shrimp]

The kids (both of them) just recently started school again. You may remember C’s first day last year. This time, things weren’t so traumatic. Even his little brother had no problems starting. Because they were starting in a new school, we went to its open house a few weeks back. An open house, for those […]

The other day, J decided to teach the kids Rock, Paper, Scissors. This wasn’t just a whim. We were stuck at LenCrafters waiting for their computers to come back up so she could finish buying a pair of glasses. So she decided to try to teach Rock, Paper, Scissors. C’s almost 4 now, and it’s […]

Like most parents, we are perpetually trying to get the kids to engage in dinner conversation. We try to get them to use table manners. We ask them about their day. We talk about our day. That sort of thing. The other day, J was trying to get N to tell me about his day. […]