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The kids love the Superfriends. Last year I picked up a DVD with shows from the 70’s animated series, and the kids have been talking about the various super heroes ever since. It has been a while since we’ve watched any of those shows, but this morning C (our five year old) was apparently thinking […]

The other night, the kids and I were all wiped out. With their momma out of town, we were winding up a long few days of adventuring. Unfortunately, it was only 5pm. I can’t put the kids to bed at 5 pm unless they are already asleep. Otherwise, I end up with a battle that […]

Like all parents, we continue to fight the battle for politeness. When the kids shout “Water!” we either don’t hear them, or we take the time to give them the third degree until they say “I’m sorry. Could I have some water, please?” At which point, we tell them to get it themselves. The other […]

A month or so ago, our three year old made an important discovery. I was in Maryland at the time, talking on the phone with his mom. I could hear him demanding the phone in the background. After a little while of trying to fight it, his mom acquiesced. “Daddy!” He shouted. “Guess what?” “What?” “My […]

The kids are just coming out of a hippopotamus-kiss phase. Hippopotamus kisses are sometimes called “slerberts” or even “fish kisses”. It’s when the child puts their open mouth on someone’s skin and exhales, puffing their cheeks out and making a juicy (and rather disgusting) brrrrpppp noise. As I said, they’re coming out of this phase, […]

Today’s tale is in the Chronicle. Click Here to Read it! Keywords for searchers: lazy, low energy, doctor, stomp, walk, mouth

This morning, my five year old took one look at the breakfast I’d prepared for him and announced that he was sick. “You’re sick?” I asked. “Yeah. My mouth hurts. It – Ouch! hurts to chew.” He was holding his unbitten waffle about six inches from his mouth. “I thought you liked waffles.” “I do! But […]

A couple months ago, my wife arranged for she and I to have a little retreat this past weekend. That was before all the surgeries, hospitalizations, health emergencies and all so on. Since this weekend ended up being clear, we stuck to our plans and headed to St. Augustine. It was the longest time that […]

This weekend, after watching as much of the NFL playoffs as the kids could stomach, we grabbed a nerf and headed out to play some football. Our youngest (who’s only three), wasn’t interested so we set up a three-person game. For those interested in how to play touch football with three people, here’s what I […]