Since moving into the new house, Benjamin has become afraid of being in any room by himself (including the bathroom). In an attempt to help him out, I bought him a little flashlight that he can hold and try to feel brave with (of course, I had to get one […]
This summer, I did my first triathlon which was 3/4 mile swim, 18 mile bike ride and a 3.2 mile run. It is something that is completely out of my comfort level and, frankly, scared the hell out of me. Up until the night before, I was still considering skipping […]
WordPress, the service I am using for this blog, has challenged it’s users to write at least one post a day or one post a week during 2011 and I have been mulling over that for the last 24 hours, debating whether I should take up the daily challenge. I’ve decided to […]
I love this picture by Ben. However, what looks like a sweet picture of some long-necks eating is actually not so sweet. You will notice that brown object in the sky…that would be the meteor that is about to kill them all.
I like to call it a tax…it’s the price the kids have to pay at Halloween or any other time during the year when they receive candy in birthday goody bags or as part of some celebration at school. When we get home from trick-or-treating or from school or from […]
I was suffering from a vicious tooth ache when we signed the lease on our old house almost six years ago, just before Thanksgiving of 2004. I’m not sure why that is important here, but it seems appropriate and I think it’s because it’s really the last thing I have […]
First, we are in the middle of moving, so posts have been a little slow…they should pick up in a week or so. The words that kids come up or the pronunciation of words is one of the fun things. So, I though I would take some of the boys words […]
Benjamin and Matthew dug through their toy box this morning and pulled out some toy instruments, including one of those microphones with a spring in them. After they practiced a little, they handed me the microphone and told me we were going to start a band. I asked them what […]
Andrea and I took Benjamin and Matthew to the Villanova/Lehigh football game here in Bethlehem, PA. Just before the National Anthem, they held a moment of silence to commemorate and remember the September 11th attacks. As the stadium stood silent, I watched my sons digging in the dirt and laughing […]
We have a set of wooden, interconnected “roads”, similar to the Brio train tracks. Matthew loves them, but sometimes struggles to put them together. Benjamin loves his snacks (he is my son). Today, Matthew didn’t finish his snack and Ben asked if he could finish them. Matthew told him he […]
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