Weirdly, my switch to working out of my home office has caused the boys to become more aware of my work instead of less. In retrospect, this makes sense. Even though I see them more often, me being home and working upstairs keeps me much more in their awareness than when I was at an office. […]

[This tale comes courtesy of the boys’ momma.] This little gem took place at the playground before school last Friday. Their momma has started giving them some playground time before school whenever she can, and last Friday was one of those days. They had a friend with them, a little girl all dressed up for […]

[Today’s Tale is in the printed Seminole Chronicle but not in their online version. Here it is!] For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved video games. When I was a kid, I played them every chance I could. I started with Pong, then Space Invaders, Defender, Donkey Kong, and all the rest. That […]

Our current challenge with our 6-year old is teaching him to stop being silly when it’s time to stop being silly. He’s great at being silly, and he’s great at being serious, but he has troubles in transition. The other evening, I came down to dinner in the middle of a battle between he and his […]

Last Saturday was a weird juxtaposition of days for the family. I had loads of lawn work to catch up on, which meant it was a work day for me. Our oldest, however, had thrown up on Friday, so it was a rest day for the kids while we tried to figure out if he was […]

Our mornings begin at 6:32 when our oldest wakes us up. Why 6:32? Because we told him he’s not allowed to get up until 6:30, and he waits those 2 minutes just to be sure he’s not going to get in trouble. This morning, we were all tired. He burst through the door in his […]

Last weekend, my youngest had a birthday party to go to. Never one to miss an opportunity, I took my oldest to a an afternoon movie. Unfortunately, we were late getting out of the house, and I had to make up time on the highway. “Daddy, Daddy! It says 65!” The big guy loves reading […]

[This one is a major break from the DaddyTales philosophy. It’s as much about me as it is about the kids, but it ended up with such an incredible moment, that I wanted to share.] We watched the Secret of NIMH Saturday evening. It’s a great movie adaptation of the book Mrs. Brisby and the […]

Every once in a while, I find myself in the classic parent trap of fighting a battle that I don’t really understand. Last year, this happened to me with our youngest. It sounds like a silly thing to get upset over, but he had hit on the idea of saying “aaaah!”  Ridiculous, right? Why get […]

Kindergarten has been a fairly tough transition for our six year old. He’s not someone well suited to institutionalization, and his natural flair for practical jokes is not quite as appreciated in school as it is outside of the classroom. His teacher (just like last year’s teacher) uses a stoplight system. This is a giant […]