Another rainy day meant inside play time for the boy and I on Sunday. We battled a Tyrannosaurus Rex, found froggies and wormies in the mud (a.k.a. the carpet), ran from a little blue monster, and even caught some “snakes” in a little bug catcher he has.
When I asked my son what food we should [...]

My son asked me why I had hair on my toes last night. After some chuckling we told him that everyone gets hairy as they get older. His look after learning this information can only be described as: what are you weirdos talking about.
This exchange reminds me of a story my mom loves to tell [...]

My wife and son have been away visiting family. I couldn’t join them because of some things I had to take care of at work. Knowing I would be missing them greatly I tried to stay busy this weekend by:

Going to dinner with some old friends.
Drinking some beers with some old friends.
Playing some golf.
Volunteering at [...]

There is a toy box in my parents basement that contains all sorts of wonders from my youth. When my son is old enough I plan on letting him dig into the piles of Star Wars and G.I. Joe figures. I picture it being something like this passage from an article by Alice Bradley about [...]

I love this kid.