Of our two boys, the older is truly the specialist in being bad. His little brother, however, is starting to come into his own. One night last week was a great example. J was off with her friends and I was flying solo with the kids. After dinner, I broke out the chocolate pudding for […]

Yesterday morning, I had an epiphany. Over the past few months, the kids have been really into dinosaurs – in particular the Tyrannosaurus Rex. However, they’ve also been having a rather inexplicable argument over the good old T-Rex we all know and love. Rather than trying to explain it, let me give you an example. […]

Some nights, C has nightmares. He calls them “mean dreams”, and they are quite traumatizing for him. Around 4:00 this morning, C came running into our room. He had apparently had a mean dream about pirates, and he wanted to sleep with us. Breaking from our standard policy, we decided to allow it. While J […]

This past weekend, J was busy with her work. As is almost always the case, this meant that I took the kids on an adventure. This time, we went to Epcot. If you haven’t been to Epcot, one of the attractions there is a thing called “The Living Seas”. It’s an indoor aquarium complex with, […]

[Note: I apologize for the lateness of this posting. My phone service has been out the past two days.] It seems as though every few months, you hear about one political group or another threatening to fillibuster something. Let me tell you, the politicians have nothing on a 3 year old. We’ve been trying to […]

A few weekends back I took C to La Nouba. It was a special night for just the two of us. I’ve had a pretty good amount of one-on-one time with N lately, and I didn’t want to miss out on getting the same time with C. And, of course, I love La Nouba. For […]

As I would imagine happens to all parents, I frequently find myself taking one or the other of the boys off on errands. Sometimes it just makes more sense to split up than to move about as a single family unit. Unfortunately, the kids often don’t understand this. Their common response to me taking them away […]

It’s funny how there are certain lines that we, as parents, simply won’t cross. For example, once I’ve given one of the kids a piece of candy, I don’t take it back. There’s something about that – taking candy from a baby – that just seems wrong. Not too long ago, J was having a […]

I don’t usually take naps. On those lazy weekend days when the rest of the family heads to their beds to take an afternoon siesta, I usually try to get caught up on my house chores. Of course, some days I just watch football. This past Sunday, I was tired. I’d been up ’til the […]

In case you haven’t guessed it yet, when I’m out with the kids I don’t tend to worry too much about appearances. For me, it’s more about having a good time with the kids and getting through whatever errands I have to run with a minimum of tears and stress. One of the days during […]