a lesson

The last couple of mornings, Owen the 2-year-old has taken to crying and latching onto my leg when I pick up my briefcase and open the door leading to the garage.  Today, we had this conversation: Me:  I have to go to work…let go! Owen:  No, Dad-dy, no! Me:  Quit being a pussyboy and cowboy [...]

they grow up so fast!

Instead of in a bassinet in our closet, baby Lola now sleeps in a Pack N Play! In our closet.

you’re 2! or, you were 2. like, 2 days ago.

I have it on good authority that dad blogs are supposed to contain letters to children on their birthdays. So, a few days after the fact, here’s a letter to the lone stemmed fruit of my loins: Dear Owen, I remember the day you were born.  I was convinced there was no way in Hell [...]

shoot

Maddie: Why did you say “shit,” Daddy? Me: I didn’t…I said “shoot.” Maddie: Shit! Me: Shoot! It was shoot! We don’t say the other word. Maddie: Then why did you say shoot? Me: Because I parked in the wrong place…somewhere I wasn’t supposed to park. Maddie: Daddy can’t park! Me: Yeah, I’m a shitty parker. [...]

by air and by sea, to see a newly minted 4-year-old

Wednesday afternoon, I rode in a Cessna Skyhawk from Honolulu, over Molokai, and onto Maui.  After we landed, I learned my new friend had never landed at Maui before, because his instructor told him it was the most difficult runway in the U.S. to land a private plane, since the winds come off the ocean [...]

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