Category: Reflections

  • Our First Weekend Away

    After almost seven years, my wife and I are having our first weekend away from the kids.

  • Incredible Skills in the Animal Kingdom

    My kids were watching a children’s show about incredible animal skills.  They got to the elephant and were explaining that the elephant can actually use the tip of its nose to pinch and pick up things – “what a great feature, to be able to use its nose as a hand !” Big deal, I…

  • A Good Morning

    Before having kids, a good morning was one where I would leisurely read the newspaper, watching the sun come up over the city skyline and mountains in the background, sipping a hot cup of coffee. Now, a good morning is one during which I manage to get all three kids out the door without swearing.

  • My Extensive Wardrobe

    I used to take pride in dressing sharply. Not any more…

  • Flashback To Our First Car Jam Session

    What’s better than rockin’ out to Black Sabbath in the car? Rockin’ out with your daughter to Black Sabbath in the car.

  • What Makes a Bad Day

    I woke up feeling great until the dog barfed on the rug, my wife got a migraine, and my son barfed – who knew bad days were contagious

  • Schrodinger’s Kids

    For you parents who are also quantum physics buffs, may I present a thought experiment, something I call “Schrödinger’s Kids”…

  • Perhaps It’s Time To Get Out

    As I stood there in my boxers, ironing my wife’s pants for work while belting out some Adele, I thought that perhaps I’ve been a house husband a bit too long.

  • An Interesting Tradeoff

    My youngest is finally potty training. As I watched him in the bathroom, standing on his step-stool, a full foot-and-a-half above the toilet, I realized that whatever money we may save in diapers will be spent on paper towels cleaning up the three-foot radius.

  • Sweetness Over Time

    My son comes into the garage covered in sugar and it’s a week later when I find the sugar bowl and reflect back