How to prepare for your family’s return: A six day guide.

My wife is a school teacher and for the summer she took our three children to spend some time with the grandparents.  She was gone for 4 weeks. I slept in, came home to silence, watched whatever TV show I wanted, ate whatever I wanted, came and went as I pleased.  It was wonderful.  The house was clean….let me say that again THE HOUSE WAS CLEAN FOR 4 WEEKS.   For the first 2 weeks Read More …

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: My child must learn…

Caedmon (my 7 year old) has a friend over and wanted to show off a bit for her.  She thought she was being funny by going to the bathroom sink, wetting her hand, and flicking me with water. It was funny, but she must learn! So, I found the two water bottles that we use to keep the cat off stuff. I asked her if she wanted to dual, of course she did. I even Read More …