Thanks for stopping by! Being a dad is a unique challenge, the winding path through which is fraught with successes and failures. I'm only three months in right now, and the hand brake on this roller coaster is broken beyond repair. And you'll be able to hear (read) all about it on this site! A … Continue reading Welcome to the party, pal!
Year 5, Day 338
"DADDY!" Miles called from downstairs. "CAN YOU GET THE THING THAT PRESSES??" The "thing that presses" that he was referring to was a stapler, and he was requesting it because he had completed the illustrations in his FIRST BOOK. At his direction (I'm a firm believer in artistic vision, after all), I stapled the pages … Continue reading Year 5, Day 338
Year 5, Day 337
"This cake gave me REAL superpowers." - Miles's review of the treat Aunt Christine gave us
Year 5, Day 336
When your kid changes the language settings on his Netflix profile and you can't even figure out WTF language it is. HE thought it was funny as hell.
Year 5, Day 335
Miles accompanied me to Heroes Aren't Hard to Find this week, and while every trip there with him has been a milestone, this was the very first time I've told him that he could pick some books out all by himself. Granted, there were limits (I'm not letting him leave there with any Milo Minara … Continue reading Year 5, Day 335
Year 5, Day 334
One of my New Year's Resolutions was to do a better job of looking out for myself, especially where time away from work is concerned. After racking up a ton of vacation time during the pandemic, I've had an ongoing problem of failing to use virtually any of it unless I had a specific trip … Continue reading Year 5, Day 334
Year 5, Day 333
I...I just cannot with this kid. Trying to accost me with a bag of Goldfish crackers.
Year 5, Day 332
"I'm Battling Man!" I was later corrected that he was BADdling Man ("You hear there's a "bad" in it? That means I'm BAD.")
Year 5, Day 331
MILES: "Do you like what I built?" ME: "...uh, not really." This comes after I've told him, repeatedly, that I didn't want him building a fort today because I wanted to keep the house in good shape for ONE STINKING DAY.
Year 5, Day 330
A couple months ago, all three of us sat down and created a list of house rules. Just knowing they exist was never enough for me though; I wanted something visual that I could point to as a reminder for certain people in our house. So I hired one of the most talented chalkboard designers … Continue reading Year 5, Day 330
Year 5, Day 329
Miles came home today to find his room looking...a bit different. https://videopress.com/v/qNfPGUlX?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Jaclyn finally checked the long-standing goal of painting Miles's room off of her never-ending list of projects in our -- and I want to stress this -- new build home. But hey, if it makes them both happy, it makes me happy!
The Perils (& Pride) of Paternity 