Prior to this past month, I knew absolutely nothing about Boy Scouts. I wasn’t “for” them or “against” them. I wasn’t a Scout as a child, and I’ve never had any reason to interact with them since then. All that ended with a Cub Scout recruiting drive at my son’s school. They held a big […]

The kids have been sick all this week. Since I work from home and my wife doesn’t, I’ve been the one who gets to be the day-nurse. Tuesday was the toughest. Both the kids were running triple-digit fevers, and I was still under the delusion that I could get some work done while I took […]

The kids and I do a lot of shooting each other. It didn’t start out that way. In the beginning, their mom forbade guns or even gun-shaped toys. Then she realized that there was simply no good way of preventing a three-year old from pointing his finger at his brother and saying “bang!” In addition to […]

Today’s Tale is in the Chronicle. Click here to read it! Terms for Searchers: Basketball, swish, exercise, coloring Something bizarre happened in the editing process for this one. The last sentence of the second to the last paragraph was supposed to be before the “I laughed” line two paragraphs earlier. Sorry about that!

“Da-addy!” my youngest screamed, running into the bathroom where I was brushing my teeth. “He said he’s not going to be my brother anymore!” I pulled the toothbrush out of my mouth and spat, but before I could say anything, his older brother ran in. “Well,” he said, “he told me he wasn’t going to […]

Last Saturday, I took the boys to Homosassa Springs, a state park we’d never been to before (click here if you’d like to see its web page). Their mom was taking the day off at home, so it was just me and the boys heading out for the adventure. Homosassa is an interesting park. It’s […]

“Yay!” my youngest shouted. “No school tomorrow. It’s a holiday!” He bounced on the bed where my wife and I were still trying to wake up. “Yep,” I said. “Why?” he asked. “It’s called Labor Day,” my wife answered. “It’s a holiday for us to remember how hard we all work for a living.” I said. Actually, […]

The other evening I was alone in the house with my youngest when I dropped something. It wasn’t a particularly important something, but it was a something that you would expect to break when it hit the tile floor. It didn’t. “Whew,” the little guy said. “That was close.” “Yeah,” I agreed, picking up the something. […]

The other evening I noticed my five-year old daintily patting himself dry with the towel after his shower. “No,” I said. “Ya gotta rub the water off.” I took the towel and gave his hair a good rub, then flipped it around his back and pulled it back and forth. His body – thanks primarily […]

Today’s Tale is in the Chroncile. Click here to read it! Terms for searchers: Stone Mountain, School, jaw, determination