Dec
15
Last week my mother-in-law came over with a book for my kids. The book is called “The Elf on the Shelf”. Apparently this book was a big deal with my wife because she was all excited. I didn’t understand the hoopla and apparently this book is hard to get this time of year. So I …
Dec
06
Lately fatherhood has meant one thing: ILLNESS! This latest round started on Thanksgiving with Nicky breaking out with “Pink Eye”. Right before we sat down for dinner, my brother noticed goop in Nicky’s eye. It quickly become a night of non-stop removal of eye goop. Other than the eye, he was fine. Although we have …
Nov
22
This weekend Mommy went camping with Nicky and the Tiger Cubs. Yes…I said Mommy (my wife) went and not Daddy. A month or so ago at a Tiger Cub den meeting, the Pack Leaders were signing up participants for the camping adventure and I purposely did not sign-up. My reasoning was two-fold: first, I had …
Nov
01
How many fathers out there feel inadequate in their “providing” for the family? This is something I have struggled with myself for quite a while now. I understand in our generation that many mommies are the larger of the financial providers and in many cases the sole provider, so maybe they understand as well. I …
Oct
18
So yesterday was a planned day of family fun! Carrie wanted to take the kids to the Halloween party thrown at a local high school. All of Nicky’s close school friends were going to be there. So we dressed the kids in their Halloween costumes and I have to say they looked great, especially Jordan …
Sep
18
Last week my wife came home after spending a weekend with the kids at a relative’s house and once the kids went to bed, she announced a revelation of sorts to me. She told me that she felt that she was too easy on the kids and that I have become numb to the point …
Sep
04
Here it is folks, the last weekend of summer. A time for family to spend one more weekend grilling. This week has been a tremendously tough one and the weekend is eagerly anticipated! This past week I transferred to the company headquarters (60 miles away), worked at least 10 hours each day and Carrie had …
Aug
31
This weekend I took the kids to my mom’s house for dinner. Carrie stayed home for a bit since she wasn’t feeling well. My brother was there cleaning his extremely dirty car and listening to music. So of course my kids had to take over and pretend to drive. They had a blast! However I …
Aug
23
Have you ever taken a vacation with your family only to desire another vacation just to unwind? That is exactly how I feel tonight! Carrie and I just returned from a family vacation at the beach and I am whipped. We had a lot of fun in many regards but the effort that went into …
Aug
18
I must start by saying: Carrie and I are terrible parents! We spent the entire day with the kids and my father-in-law (Lil’ Papa) at an amusement park/water park and I took only 1 picture and it was with my Blackberry! Ok…that being said… We started off the day by getting ready with the usual …
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