FD never had any sweets until she got to Pre-K. And ’twas there she was corrupted. Forever. more…
The Twisted Palates of Public School Children
Sugar school.
Sugar school.
FD never had any sweets until she got to Pre-K. And ’twas there she was corrupted. Forever. more…
The past fertilizes the future.
I read — and shared — an article the other day about what roles today’s mom and dads play within their households. I was surprised more…
Too, too fast.
Today the heart of my heart is 14. Hard to believe. I can only make sense of this is by imagining that she’s still her little self, but riding around atop a large, almost-grownup body, like the alien in Men In Black. more…
I can run, but I can’t hide. Which is fine.
I shut the French doors on one side of the room that serves as my office and close the door more…
We can fit in. Really. I swear.
Yesterday, FD, SD, and I went over to the elementary school to pick up SD’s class assignment for first grade. They asked me, as they do annually, to check out contact card and make sure all the info is up-to-date. It was. As I handed back the green index card to a staffer she asked, “Still no additional emergency contact?” “Nope,” I said, “still no.” more…
What day is it?
Doc and I have developed a system of alternating chores which is so complicated that FD has never mastered it. SD is trying to wrap her prodigious six-year-old intellect around it now. more…
They’re never doing nothing.
Where we live, goofing off is required of kids in the summer. more…
Step back, Needy Dad.
It’s so easy to forget it’s not about me and what I want. more…
Sigh.
When we were first deciding to adopt, Doc and I each went off to think the idea through. I was at a local farm market when I finally realized how I felt. more…
Do try this at home.
There are a lot of ways being with young children is fun. You can play with them, cuddle them, tickle them, or bounce them around. You can stand on the side and watch their silly, brilliant imaginations at work, or duck in laughter as they come careening by at crazy speed, likely en route to a spectacular slapstick wipeout. But there’s one thing that didn’t occur to me right away when FD was little more…