Becky’s ever-expanding vocabulary
I love my daughter. She is my princess. She’s wonderful. She’s growing. Every day she seems more and more like an adult. I now have her showering by herself. “Herself” is me meticulously watching...
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Your New Room
We’re redoing our house. Right now the first floor is in shambles. We had carpet my wife hated. We had hardwood I hated. We had vinyl linoleum we both hated. It’s now all gone....
How to make your five-year-old cry
Kids are not logical creatures. When dinner is on the stove, and the timer is counting down with 15 minutes left, they’ll begin crying about how hungry they are and try to weasel some...
We’ve named him Thatcher
My wife decided our family was not yet complete. As children are now physically out of the equation, she decided she wanted a dog. I simply decided I wanted a happy life, so I...
Explaining Death to Toddlers: Part 2
Since the last post was such a laugh riot, I thought I’d continue through that weekend, several months ago, by telling the story of the following day, the funeral. Actually, the layout, funeral and...
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...
I have my Becky Thatcher
Not too terribly long ago I wrote about our struggles with holding onto a pregnancy to term. It was a hard post to write, and since then, I haven’t much felt like posting to...
Why don’t we have cell phones?
After a nighttime adventure to watch some fireworks we jumped in the car to go back home. The lines to get out of the park were huge, and luckily we’re smart parents, and packed...
How to get out of a traffic ticket
Our dishwasher started making an awful amount of noise. I think there was a loose piece somewhere, but there was no way I was going to be able to figure out how to tighten...
Younger Brothers are Mischievous
I’ve heard a ton of stories about younger siblings terrorizing the elder statesmen in their families. In my wife’s family, the youngest sibling took a leak in his sister’s shoes. My dad had a...
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