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Don’t let the cat drink my coffee

admin — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:46:19 +0000

Certainly something I never thought I would have to tell my daughter one day when I set my fresh-filled cup of coffee on (ironically enough) the coffee table and left the room for some task or another. I came back into the living room, sat down, and started sipping my coffee. I’m not sure how [...]

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Don’t let the cat drink my coffee

Why does coffee smell so good, but taste so bad?

Dancing with my daughter

admin — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:37:50 +0000

♪ Well you, you set my world a whirlin’, darlin’ when you’re twirling on the floor; And who cares about tomorrow, what more is tomorrow, than another day? ♪ I took a break from making lunch and danced around the kitchen with my three-year-old daughter to this song the other day. She loved it when [...]

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Dancing with my daughter

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Daddy, where does milk come from?

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:42:21 +0000

My darling 3 year-old daughter asked me this today on the way to pick up a bag of chicken feed. The following is a transcript of our ensuing conversation. ME: Milk comes from cows. HER: From where? ME: I said that it came from cows (thinking she might not have heard me the first time). [...]

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Daddy, where does milk come from?

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When did I become ‘dad’?

admin — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:04:35 +0000

So my daughter started calling me ‘dad’ today. Normally, she calls me Papa or when she is being extra cute it’s, Poppy. Since when did I become dad to her? ‘Dad’ just makes me feel like we’ve flashed forward fifteen years or so into the future. I hear her say things like – “Dad, can [...]

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When did I become ‘dad’?

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Ritz Crackers and 7-UP

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:16:29 +0000

Yesterday, we took the kids biking in town. One of the safest and least traveled places in town is the cemetery so that is where we biked. While we biked through the cemetery I tried to find where my Great-Grandma Ora Clark was buried. I had not been by her grave in a few years [...]

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Ritz Crackers and 7-UP

Memories from my childhood courtesy of a sweet smelling summer evening

Baseball can teach kids so many things

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:48:53 +0000

In this clip from the upcoming Ken Burns documentary, The Tenth Inning, which is a continuation of his epic baseball documentary writer Mike Barnicle talks about how his kids would sometimes lose their baseball equipment. He went and showed them one of his first baseball gloves that he ever owned and never lost. Lesson given [...]

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Baseball can teach kids so many things

Took my son to his first baseball game

Where did the time go?

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:14:54 +0000

As a parent, I find myself asking that question after every milestone. Birthdays. The first words. The first time one of our kids walked. The first time they used the potty (although I might have said, “it’s about time,” but I digress). The first day of school. I was looking for a specific photograph today [...]

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Where did the time go?

Not so fast (please!)

Not so fast (please!)

admin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:44:18 +0000

This evening my nearly three-year-old daughter said that this summer she will get bigger. In fact (in her words) she will be an adult this summer. Sheesh! She’s already growing up too fast. In just a couple of years she’ll be in school and time will fly so fast – the next thing I know [...]

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Not so fast (please!)

Where did the time go?

Teaching my son the joys of good ol’ cap guns

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:15:40 +0000

The hard whiff of gunpowder still burns in my nostrils. Instantly, upon its aroma I am transported back to my 7 year old self and I am holding my authentic Lone Ranger six-shooter made from die-cast metal and sporting a faux bone handle grip. Recently, my almost six-year-old son became interested in owning a toy [...]

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Teaching my son the joys of good ol’ cap guns

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Smells of Summer

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:45:15 +0000

Tonight I was snuggling my daughter while trying to console her after she awoke from a bad dream. While I snuggled her, scents of strawberries, sunscreen, and whatever soap she used in place of lotion wafted my way and made me smile. To me, those are some of the smells of summer. Now, to play [...]

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Smells of Summer