Year 5, Day 315

I'm still not feeling great and am spending most of my days in bed this week, but Miles has (mostly) been a source of comfort. I say "mostly" because this morning was maybe one of the worst this house has seen. Screaming, threats, punishments, tears...just an absolute cacophony of misery to start the day. And … Continue reading Year 5, Day 315 →

Year 5, Day 314

Shuffling through the bundle of papers he brought home from school, Miles excitedly showed Jaclyn and I a picture he had drawn. "Look!" he said, pointing as he explained (mostly to Jaclyn). "That's you and that's Daddy and that's a smiley face and that's from when you got married!" The piece in question. The "when … Continue reading Year 5, Day 314 →

Year 5, Day 313

Another month, another cold running rampant through the Martin household. While Jaclyn and Miles enjoyed the effects of whatever this thing is last week, it's my turn now, and I woke up this morning with a fever for the second day. Needless to say, Miles's attempts to join us in bed around 5:00 this morning … Continue reading Year 5, Day 313 →

Year 5, Day 312

There was a time not so long ago when Miles, fresh and dapper as he was, was eager to have his photograph taken after a successful haircut. I mean heck, here he is not two months ago on the occasion of his last haircut. Time moves quickly though, and when I asked to get a … Continue reading Year 5, Day 312 →

Year 5, Day 311

I didn't join Miles and Jaclyn on their trip to Urban Air Trampoline Park this afternoon, but my understanding is that Miles spent most of his time at the ball pit looking like this:

Year 5, Day 310

At some point yesterday, someone (not sure who, certainly wasn't me) suggested to Miles that there would be "fireworks at midnight." I discovered this when I interrupted one of Miles's Blaze and the Monster Machines binge-watches around 9:45 to let him know he would need to go to bed in a few minutes. "I'm staying … Continue reading Year 5, Day 310 →

Year 5, Day 309

When Miles and I have a choice to make, we'll often turn to a Chance Cube. Introduced in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, the cube is just a red and blue die providing 50/50 odds of one option or the other. Today was a bit of a cheat, as Miles used the … Continue reading Year 5, Day 309 →

Year 5, Day 308

I've written previously about Chris and Laura Samnee's absolutely delightful comic series Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, the first monthly book that I (a lifelong comic reader) was able to share with Miles. The story recently concluded in the twelfth and final issue, and it was a bittersweet experience reading it with him, knowing it … Continue reading Year 5, Day 308 →

Year 5, Day 307

Miles is a big fan of Search & Find books. No wonder, then, that he like to take the lessons of those books and apply them to real life. His never-ending quest to give his mother a heart attack continues.

Year 5, Day 306

Miles and I have assembled a few LEGO sets together, and each time I've done my best to impart on him the importance of following the directions (assuming, of course, that his goal is to build the set as it appears on the front of the box). I'm often doing this in opposition to Miles's … Continue reading Year 5, Day 306 →