This is an old picture of my son. He was around 18 mos. at the time (he is 8 now). I think it is one of the best pictures I’ve ever taken.

Recently our neighbor shared a conversation she had with her son after he had finished playing in the sandbox with our three year old daughter.
It seems he was a bit concerned when my daughter complained about the ants that were eating her eyes. He had taken a good look in her eyes and couldn’t [...]

Well, it looks like
North Texas has the right idea. A nice find considering
Mike’s post on the same topic not so long ago.

When listening to the latest
Jumping Monkeys podcast last week the guests,
Rookie Moms, mentioned writing letters to your kids from infancy forward. When I heard this it hit me like a ton of bricks. Why hadn’t I thought of this before? The idea is a great one and the conversational tone in a [...]

I’ve been a fan of the Wordless Wednesday project posts for quite awhile. This is my first contribution.

In the fall of last year my sister and brother-in-law were planning on visiting my family during Christmas. There were some thoughts of my mother visiting as well, though distant they were. Unfortunately this didn’t happen since they all fell ill and traveling just wasn’t a good idea. My wife was really looking forward [...]

This evening the darling three year old was having some trouble staying in her bed, preferring to be in ours. I convinced her to let me lie down with her and I would sing her a song.
I sang a song at a whispers tone. I sang of her pretty face and beautiful smile, of her [...]

I found myself being ready for work extremely early a few weeks ago. I had nothing left to do but sit and wait for 7:30 to roll around so I could take my son to school. He himself was ready early too. So we sat and watched the Pokemon cartoon for a little bit.
My son [...]