The Bear is 8 days away from 2nd grade. Am I battling a conflict of emotion? Not really. I’m battling a fear of mayonnaise. I’m 8 days away from having to get my ass out of bed before 7am. 8 days away from making lunch before I eat breakfast. Mayonnaise […]
What’s this? JWH has moved on from “singing editorials” to making music for tiny tots? No, not quite. But the 1st single from his forthcoming album “Sound Of His Own Voice” (due Oct. 11th from Yep Rec Records) does cover common parental talking points: individuality, self-confidence, and doing what you […]
Ever read a book with a story more interesting than it’s story? Huh. In 1986 a pair of author/illustrators wrote a children’s book together with just four words repeated throughout. So what you say? One was American, the other Russian. And 1986 was smack dab in the midst of the […]
My girls have been standing watch, off and on, for the entire day. They’re waiting for the big brown truck to arrive. Once I told them their baby doll hangers had been shipped and were on the road for delivery today – one day earlier than expected – they couldn’t […]
Consumption of media increasingly takes place on one of two devices: a 46″ (or larger) LCD TV or a 7″ (or smaller) handheld screen. Similarly, political conversation in this country has walked to the very end of two identically extreme planks. The middle is shrinking. But there exists some wonderful […]
I said in a comment on another blog today that we build the foundation, they build the building. It was an off-the-cuff remark in response to the fear of letting your children go. It sounds pretty, but it’s scary as hell to execute. This focus on foundation-laying is exactly the […]
The Bear has asked that we turn the final 5+ weeks of summer into CAMP DADDY. CAMP DADDY will have a new theme each week: BEACH HAWAII (yes, these two are different) SPAIN/MEDITERRANEAN SEA MERMAID PIRATES There will be activities, and new name tags created each week decorated along thematic […]
The Bear is officially finished with 1st grade. But she insists that she isn’t a 2nd grader. Not until classes begin again on August 15th (yeah, less than 2 months for summer break). I have dubbed her a First and a Half Grader. She’s happy with that. Feel free to […]
