Tag: mornings

  • The Bitter Aftertaste

    The kids are excited for my wife to come home in the morning after working a night shift.  They want her to make them breakfast as they all hang around for an hour of social time. As with most of us, some mornings are less perfect than others for my kids.  And sometimes parents don’t…

  • My Life, the Fairy-Tale

    My life is sometimes a fairy-tale. Unfortunately, that fairy-tale is entitled, “Baldylocks and the Three Boors” … Once upon a time, there was a kindly old soul named Baldylocks and he had three boors. Every morning, Baldylocks woke up to make breakfast for the three boors. The first boor complained, “My oatmeal is TOO HOT…

  • Our First Weekend Away

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

  • Mama ain’t gonna teach you this

    As my daughter gets older she has less use for me in certain instances but today my daughter really needed a Daddy

  • 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.

  • 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

  • TGIF

    At our house, come 5pm every night is Friday night; unfortunately, come 6am every morning is Monday morning.

  • Early Mornings

    When I wake up at 4:45 am, I think to myself, “I only have 2 hours and 15 minutes of quiet before my kids wake up.”