Sophie and I went out at the height of the blizzard this morning – two hearty souls going for a ride out in the snow. Well, Sophie got to ride, Dad just got to pull. We saw three people out there, and two were out with their dogs, so they weren’t out by choice. The …
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Hacking is soooo 1983
There’s a newish website called “Parent Hacks”, which is dedicated to ways to make parenting easier. The nice thing about that site is that most of the ideas aren’t “big” ideas or changes you need to make to your life – they are small changes (or “hacks”) that can make all the difference. In that …
Rolling Maggie Gathers no Dust?
Time for a Maggie update: Maggie has taken the first step in her move towards being a Rhodes scholar (or maybe a Road’s Scholar) – she has rolled over! I know it’s a big deal, all the baby books say so. I just wish I would do a better job cleaning up the floors so …
Temper Redux-ion
Over the last week or two, Sophie’s temper tantrums seemed to be getting worse. The final straw was on Friday, when she begged me to take her to work. I had to leave, and sadly) bolted the door when I left. It seemed like Sophie was in some big power struggle with us – was …
Poor poor pitiful Po
Sophie announced to us today that Po has diaper rash. When we took a look, sure enough, the Tellytubby had a red bottom. The best part is that Sophie took the initiative to put Desitin on her right away, leaving us to clean up.
Tilt-A-Whirl
Now that I post these entries, I’m able to recall all those things I forgot the first time around with Sophie. I suspect that my poor memory means that I have Alzheimer’s in the not too distant future (or I already have it and don’t remember). Maggie has started to do all the “baby” things …
Welcome to Southern Gal!
I’ve rented out some side space again, this time to Dana over at Southern Gal Goes North! She’s a humor writer who moved up from Alabama (Roll Tide!) up to Chicago (Roll a Vienna Hot Dog). Check out her blog, especially if you’ve ever been to Disneyland!
Gastric Juice, Coming Right Up!
What a week…where to begin? Friday 12/30: Known to me as the Puke-A-Thon. Betsy hates that word, so I’ll call it the Driving-the-porcelain-bus-A-Thon. At about 2PM we were heading out for lunch, and had just driven through the entire parking lot at the mall to find a spot. We had just pulled everyone from the …
This is just wrong on so many levels
Peter, I love you man, but this is not the guy I remember dressing up as Elvis (the latter years) back when we were in our twenties.
Things I learned at Christmas…
I still hate wrapping gifts. Betsy was sick Christmas Eve, so the job of wrapping the “special” gifts fell on me. In the past, I was the guy who would pay whatever it took to get things gift-wrapped. No such luck this time around. By the time I was finished, the gifts look like they …