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, […]

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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 […]

The recovery process for my wrist surgery involves, of course, stretching exercises. These exercises are quite simple: I move the wrist to what should be a pain free position and hold it there for a count of ten. I do each one ten times. As you might imagine,  the boys are fascinated by the whole process. This […]

The other day I was giving the house a thorough vacuuming when N suddenly appeared in front of me. He looked at the vaccuum, threw both hands over his head, and shouted “Oh No!” So I chased him with the vacuum, growling and making monster faces. I don’t think he heard me growling. Our vacuum is […]

Today’s Tale is in the Chronicle: Click Here to Read it! Keywords for searchers: Cookie Flower turtle Brevard bye

The kids get upset by the strangest things. The other week, N (the three year old) burst into tears because I’d given him the wrong color bowl for his cereal. He apparently wanted green. I’m not one to give in to those sorts of demands. I calmly explained to him that he could have a […]