The palaver of a childish father
Going to Target is always an experience. Two-year-olds have a limited time that they’re willing to stay in a shopping cart, which means that I’m following along while she throws what she feels are necessities into the cart, such as peanut butter, Highschool Musical 3, and a sugar straw. Tonight, while we were checking out, [...]
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Layla is into pop/hip-hop music. Her favorite songs are ‘Boom Boom Pow,’ by the Black Eyed Peas, ‘Womanizer,’ by Britney Spears, and ‘Bad Romance,’ by Lady Gaga. This morning, I was cruising through town, driving the kids to the babysitter’s, and Layla was making me bob my head and dance to Lady Gaga while driving. [...]
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Sometimes I let Layla sit in my chair at the kitchen table in front of the laptop and look at herself with the webcam. There’s a one-second delay, so she enjoys mimicking herself and hearing the sounds she had just made. Tonight she was doing just that, when I had to use the computer. To [...]
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I had off of work today and, since it was 73 degrees, I took them to the park. When we arrived, I noticed it was me, 45 children, and 36 soccer moms. Apparently there was some “mommy’s group” convention that met at the park today. I was eyed up as the outsider…a man. Here’s a [...]
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I don’t get it when parent say, “Raising children can be challenging.” A game of Minesweeper is challenging. It would be more accurate to say that parenting can be wear-and-tear on the soul. Rachelle had kickboxing tonight. If you remember, the last time Rachelle went to kickboxing class Layla handed me a log of dog [...]
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On Friday, Rachelle and I noticed that part of Cece’s bottom gums had turned white. Normally this means a tooth is on the way, but when Layla first showed the white bump it took another five months for the tooth to pop through. Well, today my mom sent me a text message stating that the [...]
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Just a cute video of Layla singing in the park. These are probably getting annoying but hey, get your own website if you don’t like it.
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My father-in-law has a crevice in his chin. Yesterday, Layla got right up in his face, stared at him for a few seconds and said, “Mommy has that. It’s a cookie,” while pointing at his chin. It’s not everyday that you hear a toddler tell a man that his face looks like a vagina.
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This afternoon we took Layla to a potential option for a preschool to meet with the nanny/teacher and the children. The teacher, “Miss Jen”, wanted to see how Layla would get along with everyone, and she wanted to give us a full walk-through of the facility and how a typical day unfolds. The facility is, [...]
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I gave my brother my Flip camera, and asked him to send me some pictures with his phone. Here’s the first picture he sent: Layla enjoying a balanced breakfast of cotton candy. And a video:
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