Posts Tagged “Ciaranisms”
The soap, as it often does as it nears the end of its usefulness, had broken apart into two pieces. It was during bathtime and Ciárán (age 5) was getting washed. I was hoping not to lose either of the pieces, and had mashed them together to form an approximation of a singular piece of…
We are sitting around the dinner table, eating our dinner, chatting about who knows what. Eventually the topic shifts to eye color. Each of our 5 kids have different eye color. None of them have the same color as Laura or myself. Kyle has the eye color of my mother. Ciárán has the eye color…
You would think 2013 would be potentially remembered as the year of Ireland. No, 2013 is going down as the year of dental work. It started at the tail end of last year. Just after Christmas Kyle had all four of his wisdom teeth taken out. At once. Poor kid. Here he is…
You would think the prospect of going to get a doughnut and a trip to the zoo would be an exciting proposition for a youngster. Not so for my Ciárán. There is no pre-school for Ciárán Thursday or Friday of this week. Pre-school conferences are taking place (essentially assessments for Kindergarten readyness). So my…
Several days ago Laura was putting Ciárán (age 5) to bed. As she was tucking him in she said “I love you more than anything in the world.” His reply? “Is that all you got?”
“Dad?” I could tell this was going to be an unusual question. Ciárán, age 5 and Xavier, age 2 were sitting at the table eating lunch. Usually when Ciárán says something during lunch it’s a statement. “Did you put jelly on my sandwich?” “No, why?” This is a major point of contention. Ciárán likes cheese…
This morning Ciárán and I were walking home from dropping some stuff off at the school. (There’s no school today, we were dropping treats off for the teachers, and really, the reasons behind this excursion are immaterial to the story I want to tell.) Out of the blue he looks up at me and says…
While August and Déla had their first day of school last week, this week Laura and Ciárán had their first day of school. Yesterday was Ciárán’s first day at pre-school. This year he is in the afternoon Pre-K program. While I do wish it were full day, they do seem to be getting him ready for…
This past weekend Ciárán turned 5. You would think I would have a lot to say about this, considering it was an action packed weekend. I think I may just be too exhausted to reach through my memory and extract all that I need to in order to make a proper blog post. Sadly, I’m…