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With five children in the house all summer there’s been a rash of “I’m tellin” outcries and then the aggrieved party stomps in to see me with a complaint about their persecuting sibling. It’s become a constant. I know it’s… Continue Reading →
Visiting Grandma today. So we woke up and I got my children dressed nicely. I rushed us all into the van to get an early start and they all got in the van and settled in for an almost three… Continue Reading →
I placed my two year old in the Hurricane machine. Yup. You read that right. I could tell you that she was with the nine year old and the four year old but that doesn’t make it much better, does… Continue Reading →
Yup. That’s my daughter’s picture in the Catholic Standard & Times receiving an award from our pastor Father Harry E. McCreedy and Bishop Joseph McFadden for the Year of St. Paul art contest at St. Paul Church in Norristown. I… Continue Reading →
My wife had to work last Thursday and the van needed brakes and the inspection was up at the end of the month. Recipe for a long day. I knew it going in. My wife apologized for not being able… Continue Reading →
Sam Mendes has a new movie out. And guess what? It’s not about how family life in the suburbs sucks your soul out of you like most of his other movies. It’s about two young people worrying about whether family… Continue Reading →
This is a weird one. It’s not even a big deal. It’s just one of those things I didn’t see coming when I started staying home with the kids. I work from home so I’m with the kids ALL THE… Continue Reading →
Last night as we finished eating dinner, my wife asked the children if they wanted ice cream or a piece of cake for dessert. Well, the four year old boy absolutely flips out. He’s looking around the table for confirmation… Continue Reading →
Yesterday was not a good day. And it seems like we’ve had a long string of not so good days with the murder of George Tiller, North Korea perfecting its long range nuclear technology, President Obama reversing President Bush’s Mexico… Continue Reading →
I was playing with the baby on the kitchen floor this morning while the girls were getting dressed for school when I noticed three marbles in the baby’s hand. That’s enough to scare any parent so I asked her nicely… Continue Reading →