Ian has the Ocean Wonders Aquarium in his crib. Somehow he has found the volume control, and it is blaring. It is sort of an underwater version of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” right this second. He has got it playing Iron Maiden loud. “Hey – you kids – turn that crap down!”.

In my parents house, my Dad does most of the grocery shopping. Everytime he buys eggs, he puts them all in the egg holder in the refrigerator. Then he takes the empty carton, throws it on the ground, steps on it and yells “Oh no! The Eggs!”. Becuase we cannot help becoming our parents, I [...]

Claudia took her first steps yesterday. She was kind enough to do this while both Gabe and I were home. Unless you have children, or much younger siblings, you cannot imagine how exciting it is to watch someone you love that much accomplish something so life changing. Walking is a big one. Plus, poor Claudia [...]

When I was in college, I had a friend named Craig. He transferred in as a junior my senior year. He was nineteen years old. We hung out with all the same music geeks; there was a small group of us that got really close that year. He was best friends with Melissa (who has [...]

Now that The Goon Squad is letting me read books again, I am on a quest. I want to read all of the good books. I understand that this is impossible, but I am on a mission. (I’m actually on a mission to watch all the important movies too, but that is another post). I [...]

Here are the things that have surprised me the most about parenthood so far: 1) Bananas stain worse than anything else. 2) You think you love your kids as much as you possibly can the first time you get a sonogram. Then they are born and you think you love them as much as you [...]

“No! Do not put the phonics bus in the fireplace”!

When I was in high school, my parents said I was not allowed to hang out on the Causeway. So, I used to go hang out and drink beer on the Causeway with my friends. For those of you that are not from Florida or are not familiar with causeways, the definition is “A raised [...]