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Category: Stories

Adrian Turns One

Posted on 05/27/201003/20/2011 by Backpacking Dad

For Adrian’s first birthday we went to Disneyland. Where else would we go? We would live at Disneyland if we could. Erin has reached an “I want to meet the characters” age. Adrian has reached an “I want to meet the princesses and make Google® eyes at them” age. After a year with Adrian I…

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Erin Goes to the Dentist

Posted on 05/12/201003/20/2011 by Backpacking Dad

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….

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“Well, it was a nice walk, at least.” I’ll have this on my headstone.

Posted on 05/04/201003/20/2011 by Backpacking Dad

Sometimes I just load the kids in the car and drive somewhere far away and then get out and walk around for a while. I hope that the destination is interesting, nice to look at, unique in some way. I hope that the hike is a little strenuous. Sometimes the hike is more than a…

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