This time of year, it’s hard to turn around without bumping into a college football bowl game. That’s fine by me. I love football. As I’ve told some friends, if they ever start broadcasting Russian peewee football, I’ll probably watch part of it. So it was a lot of fun a few weeks ago when I was…
Tag: parenting
The quiet of Christmas eve
It’s quiet now. The shopping is long done. Well, in my case, “long” means a few hours, but it’s done nevertheless. The presents are wrapped. My son and I spent time making Christmas cookies for ourselves, and a few to leave as a snack for Santa. Everything is ready for Christmas. Everything except one thing…
Kids’ nefarious plan appears to be working
There’s a growing sense of something evil in the bowels of my house (and I won’t even scare you with what’s in my own bowels). An evil so great that it’s starting to touch the very fiber of my soul. Sadly, it’s my own kids who have hatched such an audacious plan. What are they…
But dad, i don’t want to NOT go to school
Every time I think I understand my kids, I’m quickly reminded of how little I actually know. Take this example from just last week. My son and I were leaving town for a quick trip last Friday. I was going to pick him up about 30 minutes early from school. Then I thought, why not…
Thank you, readers, for a blogging good time
This past Sunday was the six-month anniversary for my blog. What does that mean, you ask. Well, I’m really not sure. Just like I really wasn’t sure about much of anything when it came to starting a blog. You might be wondering why I started writing a blog. I’m not even sure I know the…
On being a father
For my son . . . You don’t know this, but I often watch you while you sleep. I’m always struck by the peaceful look on your face – so young and innocent. And peaceful. Very often in your sleep, you look like you don’t have any cares in the world. I’m also often struck by…
I’m not a doctor, but I did stay at a . . .
For years, I’ve been told that I should have been a doctor. This has very little to do with my intellect or compassion or even applying a simple band-aid from time to time. Nope. This observation comes solely from the fact that I have horrendous handwriting. It’s pretty awful. But that’s honestly the only thing that even…
I never knew I made such a scary Halloween costume
There are jokes, and then there are JOKES. My daughter pulled a good one on me yesterday by dressing up in the scariest Halloween costume I’ve ever seen – she dressed up as me! I should have known something was up when the kids kept asking me all week to get a fresh haircut on Thursday…
My son, guest blogger – the story of my dad’s Lawn Mowing Adventure
Today my son fills in as my guest blogger. His story today: how everything went wrong one hot summer day as I tried to mow the lawn. So my dad was going to mow the lawn, and he has about four bags of pine cones in the front yard. So he has to pick them…
Boys will be boys
If you’re ever looking for me or my son, there’s a good chance we’re out in the front yard playing something. We play football, baseball, basketball (well, that’s actually in the driveway), and even soccer from time to time. This time of year, it’s football. Every afternoon if the weather allows, we go out and…
Holding together the jello 