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Amazing Autumn Adventures
Every fall our family goes to a pumpkin patch. My wife loves the pumpkins, apple picking, baked goods, petting zoo, kiddo activity and farm fun provided at these fall festivities. This year we headed...
Explaining Death to Toddlers
It’s hard enough explaining life to your kids. Teaching them social norms that go counter to what we really want. “No you can’t have ice cream for breakfast. No you can’t stay up to...
“Who’s Your Favoite Baby?”
My mother-in-law started a running inside joke, where she claims you are her favorite “overly specific qualifier that only you fit in, so of course you’re her favorite.” It’s run over into our family....
Killing Spiders
As the man of the house it is my job to kill any and all spiders found. As the father of two boys I was hoping I could pawn this job off on someone...
Backseat Conversations
I picked Tom and Huck up from their baby sitter this evening. The sitter informed me the boys dug rocks out of the her yard all day (by choice, we don’t send them to a slave...
Some Holidays are Easier to Explain than Others
If you aren’t religious, this Sunday was Easter. As we put Tom and Huck to bed Saturday night, we informed them they’d be having a big day. We’d need to go to Church, and...
Stinky Diaper
I feel like we’ve established that my youngest, Huck, is a douche bag. For the longest time he preferred his mother, and was not my biggest fan. I think this can mostly be written...
Daddy, You’re Fired
Today, while driving him home from Karate – eh hem -ninja classes, and ice cream, Tom fired me. What follows is what happens when an adult attempts to negotiate their position with a three-year...
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