Year 5, Day 328

As part of his year in pre-K, Miles is expected to "read" 100 books, logging each one. While we read with him almost every night, Jaclyn and I aren't always the most diligent about actually recording those books. As some of Miles's classmates began hitting that milestone, we vowed to improve our attention to this. … Continue reading Year 5, Day 328 →

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 →

Year 4, Day 306

Last night as I was cleaning up after dinner, Miles, knowing that bedtime was fast approaching, said, "Hey, Daddy! We forgot to build the Legos!" He wasn't entirely wrong. I had promised him the previous night that we'd build his first actual Lego (non-Duplo) set the next day, but we simply hadn't gotten around to … Continue reading Year 4, Day 306 →

Year 2, Day 138

During a brief excursion to the mall today, Miles wanted to visit the LEGO Store (yes...MILES wanted to do it...that's right...), where he was absolutely captivated by the DUPLO (or "Diplo," as Jaclyn possibly honestly believes they're called) play area. Jaclyn remarked that she knows I can't wait until he's old enough for us to … Continue reading Year 2, Day 138 →