Thoughts On Parenthood
A couple links related to parenthood. First, a funny list by the father of a young daughter. I think about stuff like this all the time. Conversations I’ll someday have with my daughter that will make little to no sense to her no matter how much I try to explain Second, I liked this post on ShysterBall about buying a…
Unintentional Neglect
Another for my Father Of The Year file. A few set up points to begin this story. First, C. has lost all interest in potty training over the past month. She had been using the toilet once a day or so but lately not at all. Second, L. woke up around 5:30 Thursday morning, and after a bottle and diaper…
Knock Knock
M. has finally mastered the Knock Knock joke. It took some help from mom, but she can now say two jokes correctly: the old stand bys “Orange” and “Boo.” This is a big deal because since she first discovered Knock Knock jokes a year ago, she’s kind of missed the point. Here’s an example of a 2008 M. Knock-Knock joke.…
Talking The Talk
“What are the girls saying these days?” you ask. I share below. I hope I’m not giving C. a complex. She has a small group of words that she pronounces incorrectly. She also has kind of a funny little voice, so when she makes her mispronunciations, it makes me laugh. And then I repeat them back to her, in a…
Wrapping Up The Week
It was a busy week here. Let’s try to catch-up. First, we had the sixth biggest snowstorm in Indianapolis history. They measured 12.5″ at the airport. I had 10.5″ at our front door, although I think we might have had another inch on top of that based on how things looked away from the house. Of course it hit during…
Happiest Baby Ever
I’m going to throw caution to the wind and declare that L. is the happiest baby ever. This comes with some risk, since each time for the past 2.5 years I’ve praised C. for sleeping through the night, she would immediately go back to her old ways. But I’m confident L. can shake the curse of the blog. L. just…
Kids Can Be Useful
I need to give our four-year-old some credit. As maddening as her behavior has been much of the time since L. was born, she does have her moments of pleasantness. And, apparently, usefulness. She may be potty-training C.. For a few weeks, any time M. was using the bathroom and, to put it delicately, required a few minutes to complete…
Top Five Funny Thing
I’ve never had a problem changing diapers. It’s part of being a parent, and when I decided to be a stay-at-home parent, I signed myself up for a lot more diapers than the average dad. No worries. My one technique to make the process a little more tolerable, though, has been to pull my shirt up over my nose when…
Moving Ahead
A few quick updates on little L. She’s actually not so little anymore. All of a sudden she’s looking big to us. Part of it is because, well, she is getting big like a healthy baby should. But I think some of it is because she’s moved into that second phase of infantdom where she actually keeps her eyes open…
Bring The Pain
The B’s have joined a gym. Since we’re allegedly done procreating, both S. and I thought it would be a good time to drop some of the weight we’ve added during her three pregnancies* and try to find some of the muscle we both had when we started dating eight years ago. So, we joined a gym. (For the record,…