“Caillou” is French for SHUT UP
I am a lover of many genres and styles of cartoons. My love affair with them began immediately after my womb eviction and while perhaps not as diverse in selection as I’d liked them to be, the absorption of all those years of animated shows has made me into the man I am today. And [...]
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My Kid Just Said… #5
[Seeing his mother dying her hair] “Mommy… does you have poop on you head?” -Lucas (2012, 2 years old) Uhhhhhhh… To a kid: if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck. So if it looks like poop… Yeah, Lizzie was wearing a plastic cap [...]
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My Wife Just Said… #61
“I am the chef. You are the butthead. Now get out of my kitchen.” -Elizabeth – Previous “My Wife Just Said…”
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The Super Mega PERIOD
Not that kind of “period.” The period that ends a sentence. Or in this case, unleashes armageddon on an entire line of discussion and debate, or backtalk festivals and whiney begging campaigns, in the case of children and politicians. When you’re trying to give a final answer on a subject that won’t seem to end, [...]
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Remembering
My sons, Cody and Max at a war memorial, 10 and 8 years old, 2008. At first I thought they were making fun or at least making dumb. Sometimes it’s hard to tell with kids. Let me explain. We’d just moved and I was using the pools of green on the navigation system’s map to [...]
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Marvel Superheroes
And then Marvel went from creating superheroes to becoming superheroes themselves… A young boy from New Hampshire decided three weeks ago that he wasn’t going to wear his hearing aid any longer. His reason? None of his superhero idols wore hearing aids. Four-year-old Anthony Smith loves comic books, has no use of one ear, and [...]
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The Language of Parents
Talking is such an important milestone in raising kids. But having kids, for whatever reason, apparently comes with a cost: your own ability to speak properly. Maybe it’s just my wife and me (I’m only saying that to be generous and polite). I know from conversing with plenty other parents that it’s not just our [...]
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My Wife Just Said… #60
“So excited about the fu**ing caffeine I’m getting ready to drink. It’s Friday, alright.” -Avara – Previous “My Wife Just Said…”
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How to Commit the Perfect Toy Murder
[ click the image to enlarge ] Oh how they sing. Oh how they dance. You gave it as a gift, not knowing any better. Or someone else gave it to your kid, not knowing that it could ultimately make you want to stab pens in your ears or kill yourself. But whatever you [...]
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5 Alternate Uses for Toddlers!
Toddlers can take a huge toll on your patience, resources and time. The list of tough lessons and experiences is endless: possessiveness, tantrums, food pickiness, lack of vocabulary, etc. And, you might even get to a point of asking the rough questions, “What good is a toddler having around? What is the exact purpose of [...]
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