The day before the Super Bowl, Andrea gave the boys some large pieces of paper and encouraged them to draw signs to cheer on the Giants. They did and I believe Ben took my excitement to heart as I hung the pictures around the family room (I really loved them…I […]
On Thursday night I learned of the passing of two men that in both different and similar ways had influenced me when I was a teenager. One did it from afar and never knew of the impact he was having on a 13 year old, but probably understood the potential […]
The Giants first Super Bowl victory came when I was thirteen and still riding high from the New York Mets World Championship the previous fall. I remember the details so clearly. I remember sitting in the living room of my sisters house during the first half and being nervous about […]
Somehow, during dinner, we got into a conversation about how big each of us are. Matthew guessed that Andrea was as big as a teenager. Ben agreed and said, “Yeah, I think you are as big as a teenager.” Andrea smiled and was about to respond when Ben finished, “One […]
The other day, we received our catalog from “Oriental Trading”, a company from which Andrea has ordered candy and other little gifts for the boys to bring in to school for their friends for different holidays. Benjamin and Matthew love looking through it and picking out what they want to […]
When Benjamin was about two and potty training, we went to a restaurant for dinner one night. For whatever reason, our blond waitress really seemed to cath his eye and he intently watched her as she moved about the room. It was obvious that he was smitten. Finally, when the […]
Just before Christmas, Matthew and I were walking out of daycare with him holding candy canes. He explained to me that he had three candy canes, “One for me, one for Benjamin and one for you, daddy.” He then proceeded to accidentally drop one of the candy canes, breaking it. […]
I loved Christmas specials on television growing up. I can still remember the excitement as the colorful “Special Presentation” (or whatever it said) words would spin in a multi-colored kaleidoscope on to the screen, announcing that a Christmas show was about to come on. While I still enjoy many of them, my […]
Growing up in a large family, one of the more exciting parts of the Christmas season was Pollyanna where we would pick each others names out of a hat and secretly leave little gifts or candy for the person we picked. With the boys as young as they are, we […]
The other day, Ben and I were watching TV together when a commercial for the new Chipmunks movie came on. In it, they are singing Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”. After a moment, Ben suddenly looked very confused and then asked me, “Daddy, why were the Chipmunks singing about the guys […]
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