The downside to having two kids so close in age is that they like to pester each other. I can’t count how many times I’ve ended up shouting “You! Stop bothering your brother!  And You! Don’t get so upset! He’s just being a pest!” The other morning, I heard my wife over the monitor. The […]

The kids are very focused these days on “good guys” and “bad guys”. If someone gets hurt in a movie or a book, they immediately ask if that was a good guy or a bad guy. Whenever we consider seeing a movie, they ask if the good guys win. It’s very important to them. This […]

As you may have noticed from these tales, our five year old has a gift for getting into trouble. Sometimes it’s his fault and sometimes it’s not – but if kids are getting in trouble, he’s usually in the middle of it. The other day, I was sitting at the kitchen table when he and […]

Sunday School is over now, but before it ended, I received this bizarre report from N (our three year old), regarding what he had learned that day… I started the conversation over a lunch of hot dogs and macaroni and cheese. The little guy seemed depressed, and I was trying to figure out why. “How was […]

Our family received some stunning news last week J (my wife) has an aortic aneurysm. She was immediately put on low blood pressure medication, and we scheduled an appointment with a heart surgeon (we see him today). Our initial thought was to conceal things from the kids. Not knowing the story – whether this meant […]

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N, our 3 year old, has been potty trained for quite some time. He is only just now getting to the point, however, where he doesn’t need any help with toilet paper. The other day, he shouted “Daddy! Help!” from the bathroom. I ran to help, of course. I always treat calls for help seriously – […]

We continue to have issues getting our youngest to eat properly. While he’ll gobble up all the bread and chips you put before him, getting meat or veggies down his little throat is a real challenge. At dinner the other day, he and his momma had a showdown over chicken. Everyone else had pretty much […]

For the past few weeks, I’ve been battling a sinus problem. Allergy, cold, flu… I’ve no idea what it is. The doctor now has me on some medication that has absolutely wiped me out. I’m completely exhausted. Getting up in the morning has turned into a difficult process. The kids aren’t used to this. They’re […]

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 […]