Posted in girl stuff, pride, toys on Dec 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Scored a stuffy for my thrilled little girl from one of those dropping-claw-in-a-box-of-impossible-to-grab-toys at the local pub and was shocked by my success. Then realized the pink tiger was adorned in black skulls. A Pyrrhic victory if ever there was one.
Posted in moments, pride on Jan 22nd, 2009 1 Comment »
We were all together.
Posted in Books, father first, parenthacks, pride on Jun 2nd, 2008 Comments Off
I’ve written about the importance of reading dynamically to kids , and about recording their voices for posterity, amusement, and a good old fashioned cry now and then.
We read together every night, without fail. Sometimes it feels like it’s taking forever and I want to go veg on American Idol. Sometimes I just want to [...]
Posted in pride, reading and writing on May 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Sam’s been working on “invented spelling” and it’s great to watch it take shape.
What is invented spelling? Reading Rockets has a good bit on it:
Invented spelling refers to young children’s attempts to use their best judgments about spelling. In one of the first major studies of children’s beginning attempts at learning to spell, linguist [...]
Posted in Fatherhood, pride, sibling rivalry on Jan 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
It only took the little sister a few days to respond to her brother’s effrontery. And it took even less time for him to respond.
He was so quick, in fact, that I didn’t have time to photograph the original sign she crafted by hand. Obviously, the fact that his baby sister’s penmanship is rivaling [...]
Posted in Family, Fatherhood, Parenting, Superheroes, moments, parenthacks, pride on Nov 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Last night, for Halloween, Sam was Superboy and Sylvie was a pig.
Sylvie loves pigs.
Sylvie has piggy socks, piggy slippers, piggy books, and many other porcine trinkets.
But the powerfulness of Sam’s superhero stature made her think twice about her little soft, pink piggy costume and she decided to become Super Spider Pig.
Super Spider Pig [...]
Posted in Fatherhood, father first, ideas, parenthacks, pride on Mar 18th, 2007 No Comments »
“I’m proud.”
You can’t understate the importance of saying these words to your kids. Say it at least once a day. Find a reason.
You zipped up your own coat? I’m so proud of you!
You drew that all by yourself? Boy, am I proud of you!
Was that you half way up that tree? It’s tall. [...]
Posted in Fatherhood, Parenting, growing up, moments, pride on Mar 10th, 2007 No Comments »
For the first time ever, Sam wanted to sled on his own during the last snowstorm. The hill was steep, the snow well-packed, and a slick of ice had formed, leaving this neurotic dad making ridiculous arguments for keeping the kid dependent.
But Sam’s bravery won out over my own fear and down he went, fast [...]
