To me, it is just amazing how you can be driving along one day and you hear a song that just instantly transports you to a moment in time, bringing back emotions and memories in a way that it just stirs something deep down inside of you. I think we […]
My kids, like all kids, want to know everything about everything and the word “why” is central to their vocabulary. Often times, we get the unending “why” questions from both of them and, after a long car ride with them, I will be exhausted as I attempt to satisfy their questions. For […]
One recent morning, like most mornings, I found myself carrying Matthew from my car, into daycare and up two flights of stairs. It’s not something I have really thought about before, it’s just something I have done. For some reason, it struck me what I was doing, and that it […]
Last Saturday, I was slow in getting out of bed while Benjamin and Matthew were at full throttle, bouncing around the house. They kept asking me for several things and I kept telling them to give me a few minutes to wake up. Finally, after this went on for about […]
The other day, I was driving in the car and both Benjamin and Matthew were quiet…there wasn’t a peep coming from either one of them. Then, all of a sudden, Matthew starts giggling, loudly. I looked back at Benjamin and he just gave me a silly face and shrugged his […]
About a month ago, Andrea and I brought the boys to Toys R Us to look at the Power Wheels they had there. We were thinking about getting one for Matthew for his birthday. So, Matthew was instantly drawn to a police car they had and I can’t remember how, […]
Just a couple of random quotes from Benjamin today… With Andrea still travelling, I took Benjamin and Matthew to BounceU today, where they had a blast. On the way home Benjamin said, “Daddy, I had a lot of fun today…I wish mommy could be having as much fun as […]
So, this is one of those stories that you probably needed to witness to find the humor in it, but let me set the stage anyway. One of my pet peeves are things sliding around the car when I am driving…It makes me crazy. I have to make sure everything […]
Andrea left Monday night for Switzerland and England, leaving me home with the boys for the next nine days. A few times a year, this happens (although her destinations vary), but I am always nervous about what the week will bring. Usually, nothing happens, but every so often… In October […]
In the mornings, normally it takes the boys 15-20 minutes to get themselves dressed. They usually hide or wrestle or play or do anything but get dressed. Separately, they have recently taken to playing games on my computer (PBS Kids or Nick Jr.) and I have started to use this […]
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