My 4 year old has been reading since he was around two and doesn’t understand that not everyone can read. We were at the library today and a mother was working with her son, who was a few years older than Gavin.
The boy is trying to read a poster and [...]
Sorry if anyone has been trying to reach my site lately. My little server was getting overwhelmed so none of our sites were available. I turned my site off until I could move the busiest ones to a hosting service. The move is complete and hopefully that fixed the problem [...]
It’s the middle of January and the new baby will be here around the end of April. That basically gives us around two more months to turn the computer room back into a bedroom.
I’ve completed two steps off my checklist so far. I moved the phone line with the DSL [...]
I’m still alive and kicking, it’s just hard during the winter months to motivate myself to write anything (or do much of anything). At least we’ve passed the Winter Solstice and on the home stretch with more daylight every day!
Gavin is doing great as always, and the wife is doing [...]
I came across this child accessory and cannot believe it was designed by a man.
Behold, the Tinkle Tube!
I think I would put my kid on a leash before I made him use this device, less embarrassing for sure.
[...]Slept until 8am, liking this convention already and it hasn’t even started yet! People walking in the halls and the elevator opening woke me up so I still haven’t let go 100%. Maybe tomorrow…
[...]I was playing with Gavin, picking him up pretending to eat his belly while saying, “I’m going to eat a Gavinburger! Give me some ketchup!” He said, “I’m not a burger don’t eat me!” I asked him why wasn’t he a burger and he answers,
“Burgers don’t poop”
[...]Tonight the wife and I are going to take Gavin to his first Blues game! This will either be a lot of fun or the worst idea I’ve had so far as a parent.
For those of you that don’t follow the NHL (and you should), the Blues are off to [...]
I got a phone call the other day from a woman who wanted me to fix her computer. She admitted that she doesn’t know anything about them but hers is broken and she can’t do anything with it. I ask to to describe to me what it does do and [...]
My friends and I actually stopped talking about riding our bikes and actually started riding them again! Since we’re all old and out of shape compared to how we used to be we’ve been taking it slow, which is probably a good idea.
We’ve been riding the Katy Trail for [...]
I seem to be getting over the funk I had the other day. I’m mixing up our routines, giving Gavin have a bit more freedom and letting him “help” me more. I’ve also been trying to be more active with him after dinner since I think he was getting bored.
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I have been feeling like crap lately, I’m not sleeping well and I really don’t have any energy, I’m getting tired of doing the same things over and over with Gavin and his new independent attitude isn’t helping. I don’t have any patience with him at all any more and [...]
Gavin has a new favorite snack, wasabi encrusted dried peas. I picked some up at the fruitstand today and he won’t stop eating them! I guess it kinda makes sense since another thing he enjoys is dipping pretzels and his fingers into Koop’s Arizona Heat mustard.
What a goofy kid, but [...]
Normally it’s a good thing when you realize you’ve had too much to drink and ask someone else to drive you home, but at least make sure they can reach the pedals!
[...]Today as I was cooking lunch I heard Gavin reading a book in the other room. I quickly grabbed my $70 digital camera and recorded him for a while. I know you can’t see anything but it’s my 3 1/2 year old reading “Oliver the Mighty Pig”
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Gavin is beyond full on reading now. He’s reading signs as we’re driving down the street, he’s asking me questions about the newspaper in the morning… It’s CRAZY!!
I tell him that it is great that he can read words because if you can read than nobody can lie to you [...]
I was driving behind a car the other day which had a special “Kids First” branded license plate, (I guess the money goes to early learning programs or something) as I’m passing them I see two pre-school kids in the backseat and the woman driving is puffing away on a [...]
Yesterday immediately after taking out the recycle buckets I noticed a rash on the inside of my elbow. It’s two parallel lines about 1/4 inch wide with little pustules on it. When I got inside I washed it off with soap and water thinking something from the container must have [...]
I gave them another chance and have been to a few activities and they seem to be a fairly well balanced group of people who are as friendly as can be. They’ve already changed the name of their “Mom’s Night Out” to “Break from Kids” so I would feel [...]
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For over the past two years I’ve been active in a Mom’s group, they are nice enough to call themselves a “Parents” group but its all moms but me. They are a great group of women and everyone gets along great. The only problem is that they [...]
This morning I was having trouble reading the newspaper, the words would seem to disappear when I looked at them and I was feeling dizzy and after a while I noticed a foggy area that glowed white when I closed my eyes. After 30 or so minutes of this my [...]
Sorry about the horrible sound quality but what can you expect from a $70 digital camera?
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If you’re going to let your kids run around outside throwing rocks at cars while you’re passed out, at least teach them the decency to put some clothes on!
[...]Gavin officially started reading around 2 years old but now at 3 it is getting creepy. He will be reading the newspaper over my shoulder at breakfast and later telling me what shows he wants to watch by looking at the satellite guide. The weirdest is listening to him pick [...]
Some people might think you’re a bit crazy for putting your 2 month old in the microwave for 20 seconds and telling them that Satan made you do it won’t change their minds.
[...]I’m going to start a new photo segment here called “Leash Kids” Mostly since I don’t understand the thinking behind it at all. Is it really that freakin’ hard to keep an eye out for what your child is doing or HOLD HIS/HER HAND?!
Here is the first few of my [...]
