Homecoming 2015

Justin spent a good deal of time leading up to the dance making sure we all knew that it wasn't a big deal to him.  Then he got caught accidentally enjoying himself. 

- 26 September 2015

Phases of the Moon

Why did I just come home to a full moon?  I pulled up in front of my house and what did I find?  My teenager, standing in plain sight in front of our busy street.

"Hey Ethan, did you see me mooning you?" Justin called from the front door, pulling up his pants. 

It's no wonder I get such strange looks from the neighbors.

- 15 October 2015

Have License, Will Drive

"How am I going to afford a car?" Logan asked, with a very heavy, seven-year-old sigh.

We were on our way to swimming lessons and the ride had been silent up until then.

"You'll have a job," I said. 

You had better have a job. 

"Wait!  Don't they just give you one when you get your drivers license?"

Damn.  How come I didn't know about that?

- 8 October 2015

Numeric Adventure

Logan has embarked on what he refers to as a "counting journey."  His goal is to count all the way to one million.  During his bath on his seventh birthday, I could hear him counting under his breath.  Suddenly, he looked up at me and exclaimed, "1,030!"  He was very excited.

"...1,031...1,032...1,033"  And so it continues.

- 28 August 2015

He's Not Wrong

Logan and I were sitting at the dining room table, looking for a Candyland-style game app on my phone.  At last we finally found one.

"Oh look," I said, pretending to be downcast.  "It's $1.99."

"Hey Dad!" he exclaimed.  "I can buy that for you if you give me two dollars!"

- 16 September 2015

Button, Button, Whose Got the Button

As we made our way home, headed directly into the sun, the state of our windshield became apparent to more than just my wife and me.

"Now, when we get home I want you to take a wet cloth and get out here and wash the windshield for your mother and father," Grampa told Justin.

There was an immediate uproar of complaints as Ashley and I nodded our heads in agreement.

"No, isn't there a button for that?" Justin protested.

- 6 August 2015

Contact List

While waiting for the orchestra concert to begin, my wife and I thought it would be a good time to clean up our contacts list.  Ethan, having just received his first iPhone, had his personal contacts list merged into ours.  Among other things, we found a listing for Stick, Annoying Piece of Crap and, of course, the number for Satan. 

- 8 June 2015