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So how is Xavier’s first year in preschool going? We’re a couple of weeks in and as a dad blogger I think there’s some sort of legal requirement to talk about the kid’s school once a month of your dad blogger license gets revoked. Every day Xavier asks if he can run ahead. We drop…
My son Xavier is 3 years old. He’s sitting on the toilet. “I’m a boy, right dad?” “Yes you are.” “But you’re not a boy.” “I’m not? Then what am I?” “A dad!”
I woke up at 12:30 this morning. My mind was racing, fixating on … stuff that this post isn’t about. I finally wound up surrendering to whatever it was that prevented my sleep and got up about 1. At 2 in the morning I was downstairs sorting socks (don’t ask) when I heard the telltale…
Kid number 6 is due towards the end of April. It’s not like we were trying, actually we were sort of trying to be careful. Things happen. People ask if we know what we’re going to have. There are two things wrong with this. First, Laura is only about 7 weeks pregnant, a little too…
With all of the younger kids in school my mornings have finally opened up. More laundry getting done. More blogging getting done. And now time to visit the dentist. Several years ago one of my molars got infected and needed to get pulled. It was a horrible experience, and one that I’m surprised I can’t…
I got to take my son to the Sounders FC game last night. Well, no, I got to let somebody else take my son to the Sounders FC game last night. One of the accounts I follow on Twitter is of the official account for the Emerald City Supporters, one of the Sounders FC supporter…
This last weekend was the Labor Day holiday weekend here. Well, it was probably where you are too. I say that in a general sense because most of the people reading this are American, and my Canadian readers (all 3 of them) understand I’m not talking about their holiday because I spell it correctly (without…
Xavier’s first day of pre-school today. He was eager to go. After dropping off August, Déla and Ciárán in their respective lines at school, Xavier asked “Can I run now, dad?” And he ran. He ran so fast I couldn’t get a picture of him. he was eager to get to preschool. When I caught…
The kids are back in school today. Mostly. Today is technically the first day of school. I say technically because it’s a half day. And not everybody is in school. It’s confusing and frustrating. I’ll explain on the way, but let’s get to the pictures. Here’s August, entering 4th grade. Déla heads to 3rd grade….