When Meg and I started out, we had an artificial tree. It was nothing elaborate – just something simple and nice that she picked up on sale one Black Friday that worked fine for our little two-person Christmases. Little by little, our household grew – one cat, two cats, three cats, and finally one tinyContinue reading “Holiday Wrap-Up: Oh, Christmas Tree”
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The Game of Jacob Marley
Have you ever played the Game of Jacob Marley? Yeah, me neither. Until I had a two-year old that it is. The little guy has been quite a fan of “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” – an affection not just limited to this time of year. He’s requested to watch it pretty regularly since Summer, actually. It’sContinue reading “The Game of Jacob Marley”
Passing the time with Old Fezziwig
It’s Christmas Eve. And all I can think is ‘how the heck did it get here so quickly?!’ I’m not talking in that ‘I’m unprepared!” way when events sneak up on your despite their regularity every year. No, I mean, what the heck happened to the lead-up? This revelation hit me when, of all things,Continue reading “Passing the time with Old Fezziwig”
The best laid plans of Santa and men
This past weekend, we took the little guy to see jolly old St. Nick, just as we had the year before. We could’ve taken him to a mall, yes, but we’re fortunate to have, within an hour’s drive of us, something truly special – and that’s what’s known as the Candlelight Evening at the Farmer’sContinue reading “The best laid plans of Santa and men”
Book Fair Adventures!
When I was in elementary school, there was nothing like the day the teacher would pass out those colored pieces of newsprint paper, folded into a makeshift catalog, brimming with choices of the literary sense. It was like a periodic Christmas catalog hunt, reading through every summary, your eyes passing over every book cover sittingContinue reading “Book Fair Adventures!”
Giving Thanks
I have tried to write this post several times throughout the week, but every time I did, I ended up deleting whatever I wrote. It was either too wordy, dragged on, tried to encompass too many things. My wife, my son, my family, my friends, our cats, four seasons, etc, etc, etc. You see whatContinue reading “Giving Thanks”
“For Pete’s Sake”
I honestly have no idea where he comes up with these things some times. The snow was falling for the first time this season, a cold chill in the air, and the heat rising from my car as SiriusXm’s Holiday Traditions played some classics out of the radio (Yes, I’m one of those people listeningContinue reading ““For Pete’s Sake””
Ghost stories
When your child’s vocabulary and speech begins to grow, you, as a parent, are constantly bombarded with new words, phrases and sounds each and every day. At times, they can cause a few moments of strange looks on your face as you try to decipher just what it is they are trying to say. OtherContinue reading “Ghost stories”
More tales from the backseat
I can’t help but share the tidbits and conversations that come out of our little guy during our drives in the car. Recently, we were driving along, some classical music playing on the radio, just the smallest amount of heat coming out of the car on a crisp, Fall day, when I heard coughing fromContinue reading “More tales from the backseat”
“Trick or Treat” OR “Put down that snickers bar and pick up this comic”
I’ve always wondered how dentists feel about Halloween. Back when I was anchoring the news, we would occasionally have dentists on-set once a month, and when it came to this time of year they’d often have candy-returns that they would plug, where their offices would collect candy and ship it overseas to people in theContinue reading ““Trick or Treat” OR “Put down that snickers bar and pick up this comic””
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