Three favorite quotes from this past week
Last night, as my wife was pulling into the garage with my kids, a friend who had come home with them looked at my workbench tools and said: “I didn’t know your dad made stuff.” Nathan said, “Yeah, he...
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Last Saturday my six-year-old asked me about the relationship between St. Nicholas and Santa Claus. I said, too quickly, that they were the same person. My son then informed that he learned in school...
View ArticleChess with verve
Over the holidays my six-year-old son discovered chess. He picked up the basic piece movements remarkably fast and soon became fixated on special moves like castling, en passant, and pawn promotion. So...
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Left on my desk with a note from wife: “This should make you proud”
Yes, my love, it certainly does. a By Nathan, Age 6. This might be just the thing I need to launch my career as a parenting coach. UPDATE: After extensive, scholarly analysis of the artwork it has been...
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Sleestak
My earliest memory of television is also my scariest. I was born in 1972. Land of the Lost aired on Saturday mornings from 1974 to 1976. It was a remarkable program for the time — dark for its time...
View ArticleAn African Abecedarium
My son and I have finally finished a project that grew out of my photos from Africa this summer. It’s an abecedarium, a primer for learning one’s letters, using photos from Ghana and Kenya to...
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How to enjoy a night in the wilderness, in 7 easy steps
(1) Create a packing list (2) Pick a scenic spot (3) Set up tent before nightfall (and hope the waters don’t rise) (4) Listen to the nighttime bestiary come alive and supplement with scary stories (5)...
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It’s a feel-good family post. So deal with it. Seasons Greetings, all! Got some homegrown Christmas tunes for you. The first is Nathan in the annual Alphonsus Academy Holiday Concert. He was selected...
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“Of course we had to turn it down.”
Not going to win any parenting awards here, but I think I know who will be carrying on the tradition in my twilight years. (Clip art brilliance, I say!)
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Hive architect
My daughter is obsessed with designing houses, architecturally. I love it, but there’s room for logic of any kind improvement. Notes: Natural light? This architect is not a fan. Panic Room on an...
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