Tonight I experienced another one of those precious kid milestones, albeit an obscure one. A kindergarten classmate of my daughter Molly’s had scheduled a birthday party for this evening (yes, the night before Thanksgiving!), and due to a scheduling conflict with my wife’s work there was no way I could attend the party because I [...]

This week my oldest came home from school and she was sooooo excited that she screamed something inaudible to me that I later learned was, “Dad, I’m the star of the week!” As I prodded about this so-called award, I found out that it’s earned by getting your name pulled out of the hat. There’s [...]

I wrote over at my regular blog the other day about my oldest daughter’s first day of Kindergarten. A couple of weeks have past since then and she’s gotten to know her classmates and has amassed a few buddies. One such “buddy” is some dude named Anthony. I don’t like Anthony and here’s why. Prior [...]