Here’s a fun exchange I overheard the other day. C (our five year old) was pestering N (the soon-to-be-four year old), and had been pestering him all morning. After repeated warnings, their momma finally intervened and sent the five year old to time out. As she walked back from the time out spot, N called […]

About a year ago, I left my office job to work from home. It’s a bit more stressful than working for someone else, but much more rewarding. Now I split my time now between designing games and writing. The biggest challenge initially was getting the kids to leave me alone when I was in my “office”. […]

Today’s tale is in the Chronicle. Click here to read it Terms for Searchers: Art, price, drawing, buy

The first week after school lets out is always challenging. The little guys are not sure where the boundaries are any more, and like to try to experiment a bit. Yesterday was a day of squabbling… “that’s mine”, “don’t touch that”, “dad! He’s being mean!” It gets old very quickly. One shining gem of a […]

Some time ago, my oldest asked me what the biggest number was. Being something of a wonk, I answered him. “The biggest number with a name is a googolplex.” Of course, he thought I was making things up. So did his mother. I showed it to them online. The biggest named number is a googolplex. […]

My wife had a doctor’s appointment this morning, leaving me to take the kids into school. Amazingly, I’ve only done this one or twice before – so I have no idea what the procedure is. I understand that other parents just drop their kids off, but since I don’t know the protocols, I park and […]

Yesterday, I took our three-year-old (soon to be four) out to run some errands while his older brother went to a birthday party. We had a good time, especially once I stopped using the word “errands” and started using the word “missions”. Afterwards, I treated the little guy to an ice cream at Brusters – […]

Today’s Tale is in the Chronicle.  Click Here to Read It! Terms for Searchers: Door, lawn, lawnmower, key, lock, momma

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 […]