Erin is a sneak. She scampers around the house, clandestine prizes behind her back, or in her shirt, and ends her maneuvering under a table or bed. It’s most often something she wants to use as a toy that isn’t a toy, and that she’s been forbidden to play with. When caught, and reminded about…
Category: Parenting
What Could Make a Dad Do an Actual Ninja Roll and Scream “Nooooooo!!!”?
I popped the bedroom television on after lunch and let the kids watch Sesame Street while I tried to sweep pasta from the floor. Have you ever tried to…no, of course you have. You’re parents. You have all swept pasta. (If you throw some dirt down there with it, the pasta is easier to sweep….
Share Day Fail
“Daddy! My glasses!” Shit. We were already three quarters of the way to school when the thought popped into Erin’s head. There was no way I was going to turn around and go home just for a pair of movie theater 3-D glasses. But it was Wednesday, and Wednesday is “Share Day” in Erin’s class….