Beauty is simple, simplisticity is beautiful
Posted on June 15, 2008 - Filed Under And your point is?, Adult swim, Parenting | 3 Comments
Last night, I was reading Maggie to sleep. When I finished her last book, I looked at her to say goodnight. She was doing something very uncharacteristic for her—laying there, wide-eyed, silent, and not fidgeting. This caught my attention because, as I said, that is just not her, so I continued watching for the next […]
Read More..>>Nothing feels quite like taking a good poop
Posted on May 27, 2008 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle, Parenting | 1 Comment
We’ve had a breakthrough of astounding proportions: MAGGIE WENT POOP ON THE POTTY–TWICE!!! Her modus operandi is to go into the bathroom where her potty seat is, strip down, put her diaper in the trash, position her stool in front of the toilet, climb up, and pooped. She did this twice today, after we had […]
Read More..>>The first of many questions
Posted on May 26, 2008 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle, Parenting | 1 Comment
Maggie has entered another phase, that of relentlessly presenting the same question despite being given the answer early on in the series. The most frequent questions are, “Where going?” (translation–”Where are we going?”) and “Doing?” (translation–”What are you doing?”). Seriously, she will ask ten times in one minute and there’s no getting her to stop. […]
Read More..>>Another spring time visit
Posted on May 12, 2008 - Filed Under Travel, Parenting | Leave a Comment
We are on the downslope of our trip back east. It has been a very long 10 days thus far. We drove well over 1000 miles (which cost about $160 in gas, in case you’re wondering); slept in 3 different hotels (including tonight) and 3 different homes of family/friends; eaten exactly 1 home-cooked meal (not […]
Read More..>>“Ok, we’ll see you later…have a good day at work”
Posted on April 12, 2008 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle, Parenting | Leave a Comment
Something kind of bizarre happened today. Maggie has grown to the point, in both her height and finger dexterity, that she can open our front and back doors. Her speaking ability has also grown by leaps and bounds of late. Lastly, her characteristic independence has done nothing but become more pronounced. All three of these […]
Read More..>>What’s the secret?
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Adult swim, Travel, Parenting | Leave a Comment
I can’t say precisely why but I have become resolved over the last few years to not being ashamed to admit when I lack strength or ability. Well, the last 5 days have been ones wrought with displays of my personal weaknesses. As you know, Erin has been on a business trip in Oklahoma, leaving […]
Read More..>>Gone, Mama, gone
Posted on February 22, 2008 - Filed Under Outdoors, And your point is?, Travel, Parenting | 2 Comments
Erin leaves tomorrow morning for a three day snowmobiling trip in Yellowstone National Park. I have been wanting her to get out and do something by herself for a long time; she finally listened to me. Hopefully, it is the first of many such adventures.
Word has reached me that some are more than a little […]
Upcoming milestone
Posted on February 21, 2008 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle, This site, Parenting | Leave a Comment
We will soon enter into a new era, that of the two year old. Other things about this are a whole lot more important but the thought occurred to me that some out there might want to know what Maggie wants for her birthday. To make it easy, I have put a link over to […]
Read More..>>Sometimes, growing up is hard
Posted on January 7, 2008 - Filed Under Outdoors, The Daily Doodle, Parenting | 2 Comments
Maggie got her first fat lip this weekend. She fell down on the playground equipment and bounced her face off of it. Her Mama laughed at her when we returned home; supposedly, it’s a defense mechanism but I don’t believe it.
Please ignore the snot–it’s not the point of the picture.
Parenting–the best job you’ll ever have(?)
Posted on December 3, 2007 - Filed Under Whine with my cheese, Adult swim, The Daily Doodle, Parenting | 1 Comment
Well, I guess we have arrived. That’s right–we are now residents of ‘terrible twos’ land and boy, is the weather bad. Obviously, Maggie won’t actually be two years old for another few months but if there is any truth to the idea of the terrible twos, she sure is evidence of it.
Everything–and I mean EVERYTHING–is […]
