For nearly six years, Benjamin had been my little companion on commutes into and from work, everyday…Matthew for more than four years. I would always drop them off and pick them up from daycare everyday, which accounted for 30 minutes to an hour a day where we would talk about […]
The other night at dinner, we were joking around with the kids about haircuts. Andrea asked the boys if they though she should get her hair cut really short and the boys laughed saying, “No!” So I asked them if I should grow my hair really long, to which they […]
There is an image that has been seared in my mind for a decade now. It is the image of Andrea walking down the sidewalk about a block from our apartment in a suit and high-heels. I was in my car, coming from behind her. I was suppose to pick […]
As I mentioned before, Benjamin has been on a marine mammal kick with a side of pirates, sharks and squids thrown in. Many conversations that start on dry land where it is safe, end up, somehow, with an epic battle for life and death between a Sperm Whale and Giant […]
Last night, I was going through the normal routine of getting the kids down for bedtime. Of course, it involves them coming down several times with various concerns ranging from the closet door being open to wanting a drink of water. They both came down for about the third time […]
So, I wrote the below Saturday night before we lost power…I am not sure I still would have written this after a rough day, Sunday, without power. 😉 We are only a few hours into this storm and we may have a long way to go. I am nervous about […]
The other day, after all the rain, we went down to the little creek that runs near our house. The boys did what boys do and wanted to put boats in the water. They started trying to throw leaves into the water and, of course, that didn’t work out too […]
On Friday morning, Benjamin woke up in a full panic, screaming for us from his bed. When Andrea got to his room, he was visibly shaken. When Andrea asked him what was wrong, he said he had a nightmare and that something in his bed grabbed his butt. We calmed […]
Benjamin turned six today and I could spend a good deal of time writing about how I can’t believe it and how fast the six years has gone, etc., etc., etc. I won’t, mostly because I already covered that when he turned five (I swear, I wrote this title before I […]
Due to a birthday party on Saturday and a babysitter coming over this week, we were asking the boys to help clean up the house more than normal. Benjamin is usually very good with this and gets right to work. Matthew drags his feet, tries talking his way out of […]
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