Year 5, Day 112

As is often the case for Miles and me, what began as a simple conversation this morning about Ninja Turtles quickly became a deep discussion about aging, time, and prospective descendants. Miles, fascinated by the thought of me as a child, wondered where he was in 1988, a period I was describing as the time … Continue reading Year 5, Day 112 →

Year 5, Day 105

Just to reiterate, Miles likes the Ninja Turtles. Pictured here with his "sword" and "staff."

Year 5, Day 104

Miles and I visited Video Game World tonight to peruse their current stock of used games, and Miles naturally became fixated on two not-so-great games from my childhood. And while I relented and picked up a copy of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for the NES, I drew a hard line in the … Continue reading Year 5, Day 104 →

Year 5, Day 17

Yeah, that's how it started for me too, kid. Like father, like son.

Year 4, Day 321

Once Miles discovered that there's a Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated movie, he 1) demanded to watch it and 2) spent the next 90 minutes running back and forth in front of the TV with his pirate sword down the back of his shirt.

Year 4, Day 312

Miles has taken his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles phase to the next level. He came into the room where I was working today with two chair legs crammed down the back of his shirt and proclaimed, "Look! I'm Leonardo!" He then pointed him out on the spine of my Ninja Turtles VHS tapes, like I … Continue reading Year 4, Day 312 →

Year 4, Day 289

In the latest of Miles's increasingly unwieldy bedtime stories, PJ Masks villain Night Ninja had shown up at our house (or a fictionalized version of it, anyway) because he had mistaken Miles for Catboy. Although Night Ninja realized his mistake after Miles removed his Catboy mask, Miles had already called for help in the form … Continue reading Year 4, Day 289 →

Year 4, Day 269

Major revelations today in the Martin household, as I said to Miles, "Can I have a hug, son?" and he replied, "I'm not your son anymore. I'm the blue NINJA TURTLE!!!" And then he tackled me.