Archive For The “Monk’s Blog” Category
Parenting is a heck of a job. Even with my 5th child I find myself doing things I never thought I would.
Yesterday was the Cub Scout Pack Pinewood Derby. Last year August designed a really cool car, spent a lot of time (relatively) on it and wound up coming in dead last in every heat. He did get an award for having a cool car, like an actual award, but because we weren’t able to attend…
This is my daughter Déla. She is in the first grade and lost another tooth Wednesday night. That’s not so much of an issue. What I’m worried about are the other teeth. Her top two teeth have been gone for months. There are days when I wonder if she will ever grown them back. …
We listen to a dance music radio station every once in a while. Alright, regularly. So there’s this one song my wife particularly likes and pulled up the music video for it. The kids watched it, liked it, and for the last few days, almost every spare chance they get they want to hop on…
This last Sunday I took the kids to their first Mariners game of the season. The last couple of seasons have been well documented already, with August leading the way for attendance, starting in 2010. Last year I was able to incorporate Ciárán and Déla, but the total number of games still numbered on one…
While “out and about” virtually, I came across Kevin Uncool’s post about an idea put forth by David from It’s Not A Lecture. I’m a little pressed for time at the moment, so I will get right to the point of listing off three things I love about being a father. 1. Spending time…
This year for some reason or another lice have been running rampant throughout my kids’ school. The second grade in particular has been hard hit. Somehow August has been largely exempt from this, but Déla got hit a few weeks ago. Thankfully she didn’t get it nearly as bad as some others, but we had…
