“Where’s Mommy? Where’s Wee-uh?” “Mommy and Lydia are out grocery shopping. They won’t be back for a while.” “Where’s my dress?” “Your dress is drying on the line downstairs. What do you want to do?” “DVD?” “A DVD? Sure. That actually sounds kind of relaxing. Pick one out, I’ll fire it up.” A few minutes into the movie, “Daddy? Can I lay on your chest? Snuggle?” “Sure Hun, a little snuggle time sounds nice.” (I should have remembered who I…
So, we’re in the final trimester of the school year. The snow has melted, routines are settling. I need to come up with more things to do with Reggie while Lyd’s off at school. How about Children’s Hour at the Library? We get out of the house, there are book readings, then we can borrow a couple of books. Lydia Loved Children’s Hour back in the day, so much so that she cried a little when she realized she wouldn’t…
Two snow days ago, Annie was smart and pulled out a tub of air-dry clay that she had stashed away for just such an event. It kept Lyd occupied for a solid hour, which was incredible. From the clay, Lyd made medals for us. Annie got a heart, engraved on it was a fusion of her two names “Ann” plus “Mom”, “Aom”. Then she made a star and did the same thing for me, “Brooks” plus “Dad”… Yeah, that’s great…
Oh! Spring Break already? That kind of sneaked up on me. Anyway, here we are. You, un-stimulated Kindergartner staring at me, a Dad wearing a deer-in-headlights expression. Once upon a time, I was a fan of spring break. Now, not so much. “Yes I know you’re bored sweetie, give me five minutes to type out some thoughts here. Yes you and your sister will be getting a bath soon.” (Your little sister pees in that tub, you’re being just obnoxious…
It’s Eggorating Day!!! Let’s see, we have the food coloring,, we have vinegar, we have the dipping cups, and…egg dippers. Hmm, where are the egg dippers? Here’s one! No, that’s a trussing needle. How about here? Nope another trussing needle. And another trussing needle, and another, and another, here’s an egg dipper! WooHoo! Maybe there’s another egg dipper next to it? Nope. Trussing needle. Does Annie buy a new set of trussing needles every time she cooks a bird? Something…
As Lydia’s father, I tend to keep a pretty tight ear on her music. I have even gone so far as to have a playlist on the iPod called “Lydia Favorites”. Though I have tried to raise her to have good taste, the music on it is pretty disappointing. Back in my younger, cooler days, we had bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Nirvana, good music, quality stuff, passionate stuff. Pretty much nothing recorded these days can compare. However… I…
I’m a bit of a clean freak, and today was bath day for Reg. It’s always a high point in my week when I get a chance to get crusted banana out of her hair. Plus I get to multitask. She’s playing in the tub, I’m wiping down the bathroom. We chat, all is good. However, there’s always that thought bouncing around in the back of my mind, “She pees in there…I know it.” Of course, I give her a…
Once in a while I find myself inadvertently standing a little too close to the minivan’s tailgate when I open the latch. As it rises I have to bend backwards a bit to avoid being bumped by it. Those are great opportunities, that is when I get to pretend I’m in a scene from one of the Matrix movies. I can’t help but think I’m not the only one who does this.
Chapter 1. Relax Deep breaths, “Okay, well here it goes!” I turned off the van wondering why I was so nervous. “It’s only for a couple of hours, anyone can do most anything for a couple hours. Right?” I entered the building and pushed the door button, the chime sounded and I heard a lock open up and the door slowly opened (I think I heard a long ominous creak). “Hey there!” It was Mrs. Karls, “How are you doing?”…
I wouldn’t say this is suitable for a Scientific Journal. Just Sayin’… Once upon a time, the world was populated by insects, they had soft squishy protein rich bodies, they were easy prey, they were getting eaten up left and right. So the insects went to Mother Nature and asked “Hey, uhm, can you do something about this?” Mother Nature said, “Hmm, you know, you’re right. You guys need some help. Say! You all have four wings. Maybe we can…