Putting the Puzzle Together

On fridays I stay at home with my youngest son who is 2 years old.   He’s pretty activity.  On this day he migrated from reading books to making me food in the play kitchen to assembling a puzzle.  In fact, he worked on that puzzle for a while.  At first, I didn’t want to intervene because I could see the wheels turning in his head.  But, if I’m honest, I was also learning some Read More …

Daddy Diary (Ambush Edition)

With three children in the house, I’ve given up hope that I will ever take a shower alone again.  I have resigned myself to the fact that children will be coming in and out of the bathroom as I complete my necessary morning routine.  But, there is one place I insist on my own space.  I like to have peace and solitude, even from my wife, while I get dressed in the morning. Today, I Read More …

Daddy Diary (My Nit Picking Wife)

There are many methods that one can use to get rid of lice; my family chose the harsh medicine, bagging, and nit picking route. I am pretty sure that one can only appreciate the true meaning behind the idiom “nit picking” after having a child plagued by lice. For those uninitiated to the “my child has had lice” club: Nit Picking is the act by which a person goes through every millimeter of an infested Read More …