My family was sitting around the dinner table for dinner tonight. Our two sons and I were eating, my wife was preparing our daughter’s second helping of pasta with butter and parmesan cheese. Just as my wife finished putting on the cheese the following conversation took place. Daughter: You ruined my life mommy! Mommy: Huh? Daughter: I wanted to put the cheese on my pasta by myself, you ruined my life! Mommy: I’ve met my Read More …
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 …
Daddy Diary Day 4: Every year my wife Jessica goes away on retreat with her friends. Her particular mode of retreat is scrap-booking. It’s a time for her to be away from the kids, sleep-in, see old friends, get a massage (yes they hire a professional masseuse to come and massage the girls), basically its 4 days of battery recharging. We have a deal in our home-she goes away once a year to do this Read More …