A Wonderful Trip To Schooners Cove Inn at Cannon Beach
Mel and I spent last weekend at Schooners Cove Inn at Cannon Beach, and I have to say, it was wonderful. We have lived in Oregon for about 5 years now, and out of all the coastal resorts we’ve [...]
TRYING NOT TO BE MOM
I was standing over my six-year-old daughter, Norah, who was sprawled out on her bed wearing nothing but underwear and repeating the refrain, “But that’s not how Mommy does it.” It [...]
What I’ve learned spending every Friday with my toddler
By 9:30 a.m. it was just Aspen and myself. I’d dropped off the older two, Tristan and Norah, at school, and Mel, my wife, had left for class. Every Friday for the past 7 Fridays had been like [...]
Enjoy The Moment Rather Than Longing For The Next Stage
I was at the doctor when a nurse with five children and a dozen or so grandchildren told me that it goes by too fast. “I’m sure you hear that all the time, but it’s true,” she said. I do [...]
Lies I’ve Told My Children To Get Them To Try New Food
Dinner is often a struggle in our house that often results in Mel and I caving in and serving Mac and Cheese. I’ve told my children a lot of lies to get them to try new things. All of them have [...]
CRIMES COMMITTED BY MY TODDLER
Let’s face it… toddlers are criminals. People say they get away with all the crap they pull because they are cute, and far too young to be tried as adults. But were this not the case my [...]
HOW TO SURVIVE COLLEGE WHILE MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
My wife, Mel, will graduate from college this summer. We have been married for 11 years, and this will be the first time neither of us will be in college. We were both 21 when we met, and [...]
MY SON TALKS IN GIBBERISH. I WORRY IT’S BECAUSE HE’S SCARED OF ME.
I was sitting across the dinner table from my 9-year-old son, Tristan, when he reached into his nose, pulled out a booger, and placed it in his mouth. His two younger sisters and mother [...]
RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS I ASK WHILE GETTING MY CHILDREN READY FOR BED
Getting my children ready for bed is never a shining moment. I ask a lot of questions. Questions that I’d never asked another person until I had children. Questions that are very obvious, [...]
MY JOB IS TO TEACH MY CHILDREN TO PICK UP THEIR CRAP. IT’S HARDER THAN YOU THINK.
It was Friday and in the back of our minivan was a collection of dirty cereal bowls. Every Friday there’s a collection of cereal bowls because my children drag their feet getting ready in [...]