My mom is visiting. We couldn’t wait for her to arrive. In fact, we arranged to construct a Mother-In-Law’s quarters on the grounds just for her. I even sprang for some spider spray. G’nite, mom! (In all seriousness… the tent was my mom’s idea. She’s wacky like that. You never know what she’s going to [...]

What happens when you lose your first tooth on the day you turn six? It’s the best day ever.

The best kinds of gifts are those that come straight from the heart. A very happy Mother’s Day to all you moms out there! We couldn’t do it without you.

He is risen! Michael, not so much. Happy Easter, everyone!

…of a teenage girl on Saturday 11:30 AM: Awaken. Check for text messages. Send a couple. Shuffle down stairs. Enter kitchen, pour bowl of cereal, add milk. Send a text message or thirty. Send more text messages. Take bowl to table with one hand. Ignore father’s admonishment about being careful. Text. Text. Text message. Texting… [...]

Last weekend I was transferring some old VHS video tape stuff to the computer in an effort to keep recorded history alive, ahead of the demise of the media upon which they’re recorded. I’ve still got old super-8 movies I have to transfer, as well as some cassette tapes. I’ll probably just have to give [...]

As I’m making dinner, the kids are all playing Beatles Rock Band. They’re really good at it; even Michael joins in, playing the drums sometimes and other times singing. He’s actually got a pretty accurate voice, and considering the fact that he can’t actually read the lyrics, he gets most of the words right. And [...]

This weekend we were finally able to make a purchase that we’ve been planning and saving for quite a while: a big screen television. When we brought it home, the kids’ eyes lit up with delight. We unpacked it, set it up, and the kids began enjoying it right away. Were they amazed by the [...]

It’s three days until Christmas. I have the week off from work. That is, I have a week off of my normal job. This week I’m full-time daddy. And to make things even more fun, I have a cold. On today’s planner is “Make Cookies” Since my wife is working, it’s just going to be [...]

Today we bring you the biography of one of my favorite bloggers, the illustrious Weaselmomma. She was born in upper Mesopotamia in the second century, the youngest of twenty seven children. A fighter from an early age, the brash and arrogant girl rejected the simple agrarian life to which her family was dedicated and soon [...]