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Chores FAIL
In a time when kids believe that being "naughty or nice" equates to life or death consequences when it comes to presents, one would think Allie and Avery would be a little more conscientious of doing their chores. No. Chore FAIL continues to hallmark...
"Twilight" For Girls? Dad Bloggers Share Their Thoughts
Have you hear about this story called Twilight? It's about vampires. No? Well, walk into any Target, WalMart or Borders Books, ask a store clerk and note their expression as they wonder if you've been living under a remote forest. Yeah, it's that big...
My Stepdad\'s Not Mean, He\'s Just Adjusting
My wife and I were bored the other night and decided to pull out an old DVD (I suppose in a broader sense, DVD's in general are old these days). After 20 minutes of deliberation, we finally settled on Death to Smoochy staring Edward Norton, Robin Wil...
Halloween Geek Out
Here are a few pics of the girls from Halloween. In the morning we hit the comic book store a did a little Christmas shopping since wearing a costume got you a 25-30% discount. (kids make great coupons.) Yes, I know; the Clark outfit is a rerun, but ...
How To Write An Honest Thank You Note: Clark Kent's Icebox
The girls' dad has a girlfriend who the girls have nicknamed "Poofa." Poofa is very nice, and the girls like her quite a bit. When Poofa and the girls' dad attended the recent Curriculum Night, she brought them a couple things. This week the girls sa...
Hot For Teacher
When Avery gets off the bus in the afternoon, she invariably greets me with an announcement that she has important news. It’s never “Hi, Ron,” or “Salutations, Exalted Benefactor,”—just, “I’ve got important news.” The real letdown, ...
"SHOTGUN!"
When my sisters and I were kids, there was no more heated battle than who got to ride in the front seat on the way to school. Being the oldest, I felt this provided me an unspoken entitlement to the position. Nope. Our dad let left it to whoever call...
Superman Doesn't Like Cleaning Up Your Messes
No matter how many times I repeat myself, scream, threaten--whatever, the girls (to include my wife) can't seem to grasp the concept of picking up after themselves. They will pull down a game; play half way through it; leave it on the floor (they als...
Mr. Sparkle
Whoever it was that thought it would be a real hoot to make cosmetics for little girls, I hope they’re having a good laugh. It’s one thing for kids to play dress up with toy makeup, but to make eyeliner and lipstick that they can actually smear a...
Friday Fotoes - Whatever, I Just Made This Up
Friday Fotoes (Photos)? Yeah, just made that up because I've got a full plate of writing projects at the moment. Since everyone else posted pics of their kids on the first day of school, I figured, hey, why not. Here are the girls--don't be fooled by...
Language Barriers In Selling A Timeshare
I believe most would agree immigration ranks as a hot topic among the list of national concerns, which I can understand given where my family lives. Frankly, however, my attitude on the matter has been one of general ambivalence. Don’t get me wron...
The Tranny
Recently there's been some discussion of me going back to work. It's not necessarily that there's anything solid to bank on, but with the way the girls process things, they do better if they are prepared for such events ahead of time. At the time of ...
While You Were At BlogHer...
So, while many of you were at BlogHer, I was out of town with my family making this little slide show. Enjoy.(Sorry for the crappy quality - YouTube always messes up the picture of my videos for some reason. It might look better from this site.)Straw...
Did You See The One About The Girl Taking Singing Lessons?
My sister in Florida is a music teacher and as a treat sent some CD's for Allie and Avery to practice with. Without further ado, I give you Avery and the Octave Jumping Eyebrows...Special thanks to Hugh Weber, founder of Dude to Dad, who made this vi...
What's Not Fair
At 37, I've long since figured out how unfair life is. And of course, it's never an excuse, just something you live with - an obstacle that makes you stronger. Kids, however, are still in that learning process. With mine, anytime I say that we can't ...
An Imaginative Story-Making Exercise For Readers
Today I'd like to conduct an "interactive" post for readers. I'm going to list some details from an actual recent event which you will use to recreate a story, photo essay, epic poem or whatever, in your head. Sound good? Okay. Here are the elements ...
LOST, Stephen Hawking And Biblical Plagues: How Swine Flu Shut Down My Kids' School
Black Holes and Hand SanitizerYesterday I emailed an article to my wife reporting how the city of Fort Worth planned to shut down their schools for the next ten days as a measure to reduce the spread of Swine Flu. "They're going to make a pig's ear o...
A Day At The Improv
Apparently Ashley and the girls decided to make a little music video the other night. I have no idea what the reference is to "pink dolphins," (possibly from smelling too many Sharpie markers) but the comment about the mean step-dad is directed at my...
