The other day, an unusual confluence of work responsibilities meant that we had to use a babysitter during the daytime. We have a great babysitter, but this is very unusual for us, so I was a little nervous. I made it until just after lunch time before calling. The babysitter let the answering machine take […]

As a family, we enjoy taking walks in the evening. Sometimes these walks involve the kids riding in a wagon. Sometimes they involve bicycles and tricycles. Sometimes, these are relaxing and enjoyable. Other times it seems to take forever to travel just a few feet. A few months ago, we were having just such a […]

We are currently in the “Pirate” phase of development with C. There are a lot of “avast there, matey!” and “Arr”s and that sort of thing. In fact, we’ve discovered that talking like a pirate is very easy. Just drop your voice down and make it as gravelly as you can. Stick a pirate beginning […]

In which the pillow bop turns against me.

As I may have mentioned before, the bedtime routine with N is very simple. I carry him to his bedroom, sing him a lullaby while he cuddles into my shoulder, and then he goes right to bed. It’s wonderful. The lullaby I sing is a variation of “rock-a-bye baby”. I like it because it’s short, […]

This past Saturday, J took a day off. For those non-parents out there, this means that I had the kids all day and through their bed time. She had the day to go out and just relax. For me, a day alone with the kids means The Adventure Bag. A couple years ago (before N […]

I recently went to the birthday party of one of C’s friends. This was a fairly unusual party because they invited families. Most of the time, you only invite the child and whatever parent accompanies him. This isn’t being rude, it’s to keep things manageable. It’s much easier to throw a party for ten 2 […]

As most of you know, a couple of years ago Orlando was hit by 4 different hurricanes. It was an interesting time, to say the least. We were amazingly lucky. No one was hurt, and there was no damage to our property. One of the storms (I think it was the second one) was pretty much […]

Every once in a while I have a “tale that shouldn’t be told”. I fear this may be one of them, but I’ll let you be the judge. Our bedtime routine is pretty standardized at this point. After we’ve done the family thing, we split up. I take N to bed, and J takes C. […]

This is a daddytale by proxy. It happened to J and she told it to me, and now I’m telling it to you. Yes, I realize it’s technically not a “daddy” tale, but it’s funny enough that I hope you’ll forgive the break in format… C is what I think of as “almost” potty trained. […]