I’ve been home with Erin since the end of September, which I believe means that I’ve been doing this for (quick use of Windows Calculator) 6 months now, less about a week. I haul her around everywhere, usually on my back. I toss her up in the air in a way that would scare the…
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The Noisy Toy Prerogative
We celebrated Erin’s first Christmas in December. To make it special we spent our holiday visiting her grandparents and her aunts. We expected that she would be loaded down with toys; so many, in fact, that we avoided buying her any ourselves. We were not disappointed. And in full accord with the rule that says…
Parenting Superpowers
When I used to think about being a father, and think hard about the dangers my children would have to face, I would have imaginary battles with the forces of evil: Superdad strikes down another drunken hockey-dad! Superdad leaps into the air to catch child falling from tree! Superdad bakes amazing pie! ****************************************************************** In 2006,…