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Posted on December 23, 2008
The folks at Fisher-Price have done it again. While there are obvious technological advances for kids every single, well, day, one of the things that hasn't really been a niche has been video games for the very young set....
Posted on December 17, 2008
This Christmas represents a first for my wife's side of the family: a newborn. When we got married, the boys were 4 and 8, so the "baby" stage with Christmas just had never happened at all with her side...
Posted on November 23, 2008
If there's one thing I can be thankful in terms of being a parent in this era, it's that kid movies are so much better in terms of quality and in terms of adult humor, it's almost as if...
Posted on November 9, 2008
There is a local "fun" park in southern Indianapolis called Great Times, which boasts 2 miniature golf courses, a big arcade, bumper boats, and go kart racing. We decided this weekend to make a trip there to have some...
Posted on November 3, 2008
We received a call from my ex-wife yesterday that the boys' grandmother was very close to the end; her health had been failing for a while, and they had made the decision to just keep her comfortable. Since the...
Posted on October 31, 2008
I am SO excited. Halloween is by far my favorite holiday and I get to go out trick or treating with the boys for the first time in almost 4 years! Since I am the non-custodial parent, Halloween has...
Posted on October 13, 2008
We got a call from my dad this weekend asking about going to see the brand new H. Weir Cook airport terminal that would be replacing the Indianapolis International Airport in November, and I have to admit, at first...
Posted on October 5, 2008
I have two boys. One is heavy into sports, is kind of cynical, is almost 11, and enjoys watching reality television like Survivor, etc. He also has a penchant for computers and seems to be interested in a lot of...
Posted on October 4, 2008
Alright, so now I can focus on some more of the hot toys of 2008 so we can make sure to buy happiness for our children, because that is what it is all about, right? Ok, maybe not, but...
Posted on September 23, 2008
Sorry that there's been such a delay with the story--the suspense has been building, though, hasn't it? Call it my version of "Who Shot J.R.?" (Yes, I aged myself GREATLY there, didn't I?) The story last left off with...
Posted on September 16, 2008
Announcer:Previously on 90210: (Whoops, I've been apparently watching too much TV.) Seriously, though, we last left our story with the laughable letter we received telling us that the gifted and talented program were going to remain intact and Caleb,...
Posted on September 11, 2008
I could have had some pretty harsh subject lines, I could have really raised some eyebrows. But I'm not going to come off as kicking and screaming--but I am close. I feel that it is time to take my...
Posted on September 9, 2008
As a parent, it is our duty to teach our children the morals and values that not only are acceptable in our society, but as a Christian, it is also imperative that I teach my kids about the way...
Posted on September 2, 2008
We are to the point now where our six year old is getting pretty darn good at reading, and while we encourage all of the things that he sees that he reads because of just the fact that he loves...
Posted on August 17, 2008
I know, I know, the cliches abound..."I remember back when you were just a baby boy in my arms at home, and you're all grown up..." or maybe "Where did time go? Pretty soon you're going to be driving!"...
Posted on August 11, 2008
Ok, so my oldest is a big sports fan. In fact, he generally gets things in terms of breaking news before I do. It is one of those things that I kind of laugh at--because I did the same...
Posted on August 10, 2008
Well, we did the whole theme park thing almost 2 weeks ago at Kings Island, and what we found was that Jonathan was not quite ready for the big coasters and a lot of the major thrill rides. We...
Posted on August 4, 2008
I miss the boys. After all of the time we had and all of the miles we've logged back and forth from Indiana to Illinois, I became spoiled once again as the non-custodial parent and the time spent with the...
Posted on July 31, 2008
Last night we returned from our mini-vacation and exchanged the boys with their mom earlier in the day. We had all had a good time, we were a little worse for the wear with the time in the car, but...
Posted on July 29, 2008
Despite my wife's optimistic view of my six year old son, Jonathan, and his gung-ho daredevil ways as he approached Kings Island for the first year he would be able to ride the big roller coasters, as I posted...
Posted on July 28, 2008
Alright, so if it wasn't enough that I spent a week in and around Lake Michigan just a little over two weeks ago, now I am sitting in Cincinnati getting ready to go to bed prior to waking tomorrow bright...
Posted on July 25, 2008
With us spending the last week up at the lake with my sister/brother in law and her 4 month old boy, they had some pretty nifty gadgets they had as well as some old reliables, and it got me...
Posted on July 24, 2008
I have been meaning to write about this for a while, but with two boys that are 10 and 6, the competition among siblings--especially brothers--is one thing at the forefront of what we as parents and me as a father...
Posted on July 20, 2008
You know, when I was a kid, it was one of those things that when we went on vacation, it was a literal "going on vacation". Families such as mine would vanish from our local surroundings and usually not resurface...
Posted on July 10, 2008
Next week we are traveling to Michigan for a week at a lake that we have (as a family) been going to for three years. My wife has been going off and on to the same place for the...
Posted on July 10, 2008
Ok, so I grew up in an era where fads for kids was as rampant as it is today: Rubik’s cubes, cabbage patch dolls (NO, I did NOT own one), friendship bracelets, beanie babies, and had to survive Elmo...
Posted on July 10, 2008
I know that Thanksgiving comes in November, and I know it’s usually one of those times where it takes a holiday to realize what things we have in our life and really how idiotic we are with all of...
Posted on July 1, 2008
This week marks the Fourth of July, and it also marks a milestone in my personal life; the end of baseball season. Both of the boys’ games started around the middle of May, and with them playing on the...
Posted on May 20, 2008
I am a dad of two boys, one six, one ten. One special note is that I am not a custodial parent but that my ex-wife and I have a very good relationship, and we both have spouses who...
