I haven’t really cared about Christmas or been truly excited about it for about 25 years. I was 13, it was 1987, and all I wanted was a Nintendo and a new fishing pole. After that, Christmas gradually lost its luster, until it became just another hustle-and-bustle holiday headache that I couldn’t wait to get […]
Papa Don’t Preach: How a Two-Year-Old Taught Me to Love Christmas Again
December 3, 2012 26 Comments
Papa Don’t Preach: My DVR Has Been Dorafied
August 30, 2012 7 Comments
Like many two year olds (that’s right folks, we now have a two year old!), our little one is head over heels in love with Dora the Explorer and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She’s also fond of, though not quite in love with, Bubble Guppies and Little Einsteins. Those shows, and many others, have their own […]
PAPA DON’T PREACH: ABC, 1-2-3
August 6, 2012 10 Comments
It’s crazy and a little bit frightening how fast our little one is becoming a not-so-little one. In the past six months, between the ages of 18 and 24 months, she’s learned her ABC’s (although I’m pretty sure she thinks the “and” between Y and Z is a letter) and she can count to 20. […]
PAPA DON’T PREACH: FATHERHOOD HASN’T CHANGED ME ONE BIT
June 28, 2012 4 Comments
They say being a parent changes everything, which isn’t entirely true. Not everything changes. Yes, plenty does, but despite being the father of a very outspoken soon-to-be-two-year-old, I still enjoy many of my old habits and pastimes. For instance: I still watch baseball games … on my phone, while I’m rocking her to sleep. I […]
PAPA DON’T PREACH: SAFE AT HOME
June 17, 2012 4 Comments
Just a quick entry today – not a lot of preaching from papa – to wish all the dads out there a happy Father’s Day. Last night, we took our little one to her first baseball game. At 22 months, she wasn’t as interested in the nuances of America’s Pastime as I was, but it […]
PAPA DON’T PREACH: LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER
May 13, 2012 4 Comments
Today’s “Papa Don’t Preach” is in honor of Mother’s Day, a pretty important holiday, because none of us would be here without a mother. With that in mind, make sure you give a little extra love to all the mothers in your life – today, tomorrow and throughout the year. Our little one is 21 […]
PAPA DON’T PREACH: 10 NOT-TOO-CRAZY THINGS I’VE DONE RECENTLY
April 28, 2012 5 Comments
They say being a parent changes you in ways you can never imagine. I’m living proof of that. Twenty months and two days ago, I was a happily married man with a healthy addiction to video games and zombie movies. Today, I still enjoy video games and I have to wait until the little one […]
Papa Don’t Preach: The Easter Bunny is an Asshole
March 31, 2012 1 Comment
Easter. As holidays go, there’s really not a less exciting one on the calendar. At least compared to how exciting it was when you were a kid. Then you have kids of your own and Easter becomes a little more fun. But only a little. Momma and I had a brief conversation the other day […]
PAPA DON’T PREACH: PICTURES TO PROVE IT
March 14, 2012 2 Comments
By my best estimation, our little diva has had somewhere around 5,400 photos taken of her during her first 18 months. That’s based on a semi-precise count of the images housed in the “Pictures” folder on our computer and the 1,200 or so pics that her momma and I have squirreled away on our iPhones. […]
PAPA DON’T PREACH: WHO NEEDS A DOG WHEN YOU’VE GOT A ONE-YEAR-OLD?
February 18, 2012 5 Comments
It’s amazing how fast The Little One is learning new things. Like the other day when I tried teaching her to fetch my slippers. She was figuring it out, and would have gladly retrieved them for me, but her momma cut that lesson short. I tried again today and, wouldn’t you know it, she grabbed […]
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