For a few months, Ava has been asking about watching “Star Wars.” Ever since her fourth birthday, I’ve been thinking about showing her the movie. That’s the age that I started to really get into “Star Wars,” so it seemed like a good time to introduce it to her. For me, “Star Wars” is always… Read More Ava reviews daddy things: ‘Star Wars’
It’s been a running theme that 2016 was just a horrible, steaming, diaper blister of a year. All the celebrity deaths, plus the election of probably the worst presidential candidate ever (sorry if you’re surprised that I’m not a fan), certainly made it feel like worst year ever. But beyond that, I also spent more… Read More 2016: My year of unemployment
When my wife and I found out we were having a baby back in 2011, I stupidly hoped we would have a boy. My big reasoning was we already had a boy’s name picked out, so if we had a boy there wouldn’t be a difficult naming process. Also, I’m a boy and figured I… Read More Happy 5th birthday to the funniest person I know
Ava, my four-year-old daughter, never stops asking questions. She asks an insane amount of questions. For awhile I’ve thought it would be a good idea to keep track of every question she asked over the course of a day. I was wrong. She asked too many questions. She asked questions faster than I could write… Read More Do you know why the praying mantis was dead? A day’s worth of questions from Ava
There was a parenting moment I knew would happen eventually, but I foolishly hoped might bypass my family: an emergency room visit. My parents knew it well. I had seizures as a kid. My brother fell through a plate glass table top (one among many child/adulthood injuries). My sister got her pinky slammed in a door,… Read More Four-year-olds are the worst roommates
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