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“I want my kids to know you…”
On Saturday, we were driving through Great Smoky Mountains National Park on one of the ‘motor tours’ and stopped at one of the old Ogle farmsteads. Beautiful place, unbelievable setting. We walked around a bit, shooting video, taking pictures. At … Continue reading
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A note to Jack
At Lily and Jack’s school, if a student gets in trouble for something, the administrators send home a notice to the parents to let them know what happened. These are called “Ram Forms” after the school mascot. (It’s also possible … Continue reading
"If I found a pot of gold…"
Another entry from Jack’s creative writing class, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day: “If I found a pot of gold I would buy 1,000 Wii games and 2,000 Bakugan and 6,000,000 computer games and Spore Adventures. Oh, the things I … Continue reading
How to fly a kite
From Jack’s 1st Grade creative writing notebook: How to fly a kite: You get a kite. You hold on to the kite and handle and run. Let go of the kite but not the handle. Then let it fly!!!! but … Continue reading
"I can’t hear you!"
Char went down to Florida last week to help her mom get back on her feet after emergency appendectomy surgery. She flew down there with the twins and left Lily and Jack home with me. (Much to their chagrin, I … Continue reading
“I’m sorry, Dad.”
So, the night before last, Jack has the idea that he knows how to make it snow. He puts his pajamas on inside out, flushes an ice cube down the toilet, and sleeps with a spoon under his pillow. He … Continue reading
Doing something for your kids, every day
I was working on my Indianapolis Business Journal article this morning and noticed a post on the Wired Magazine GeekDad blog. The post was called “Cool Little Parenting Rituals” and referenced two Dads who were doing a little extra something … Continue reading
The beauty of invisible parents
[Note: There's a wide acceptable margin between absent parents and helicopter parents, wide enough, I believe, that we can all find a comfortable place to do what needs to be done for our kids. Parents who aren't there and parents … Continue reading
So I got two boxes of Scabs in the mail…
Which, though gross, wasn’t all that surprising since I ordered them. Scabs are bandages designed to reflect all the grossness of being a kid (and, I guess, a Dad.) It also wasn’t surprising that I had two opportunities to use … Continue reading
Like being a kid again
There’s something about birthday parties that make everyone feel like a kid again. Especially kids’ birthday parties. Lily celebrated her eighth this weekend with fourteen of her closest friends and a few party crashers (her brother, her sisters, Grandma, and … Continue reading