I went to a lot of schools, with a lot of different kids, in a lot of different towns. I never really figured out how to adjust to a new school, a new class, but I do remember learning that first impressions were important. I remember learning it around the beginning of the fifth grade,…
Category: Parenting
Post Father’s Day Resolution
Now that the Paternal Year 2009-2010 is over and I’ve managed yet another brilliant twelve months of fatherly awesome I need to make some resolutions for the up-coming year. So, what ought I resolve to do? 1. Since Adrian already knows how to fish, I resolve to teach him how to hunt. Neighbourhood elephants beware….
Erin Goes to the Dentist
Today I am very proud of my daughter, my stalwart, curious, and unassailable girl. She went to the dentist for the first time today and she was so relaxed about the poking and prodding and scraping and scratching and flossing and polishing and picking and suctioning that you’d think she was a professional dental patient….