Before we left on our first Disney cruise last week, I was warned by friends who had gone previously be prepared for your kids not wanting to hang out with you.Nonetheless, I was still surprised when after one day that turned out to be the case. On the second day of our cruise, after a… Read more »
Category: Fatherhood Adventures
Adventures Of Fatherhood
(Editor’s Note: The writer is on vacation this week and therefore this is a reproduction of the column that ran six years ago this week.)It’s all going by too fast for me.When I first became a dad, the most common piece of advice I received was something along the lines of, “Enjoy it while it… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
Reactions to snow days around my house are usually quite varied.For us parents, it’s immediate angst over our work schedules and devising a plan for kid coverage.For the kids, there’s no jumping for joy for snow days, probably because they can pick up on the trouble it often causes their parents.Beckett is usually disappointed because… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
Sometimes kids like to whine.I always listen to Beckett’s complaints about this or that because I know there will come a time in the near future when he will not be so forthcoming with his concerns. However, most of the time I have to admit the issues that cause him the most consternation are pretty… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
Although they are now 7 and 6 years old, respectively, every now and again the kids still like to take baths together.While we were on vacation in January, I even joined them because the house had a big Jacuzzi tub but quickly realized that would be my last foray into a bath with them. To… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
Carson went creative with his Valentine’s Day gift to his mom last weekend.Like many parents I have spoken with, our Valentine’s Day was largely spent with the children, including church and a birthday party for classmates of Beckett’s at Beach Bounce in West Ocean City.We took Carson along so he could play while Beckett was… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
It’s crazy town at the house in the mornings.That’s why on school mornings I make sure to get up at least an hour or so before the kids to begin preparations for the day.I have come to the conclusion that harried mornings will just be the norm at this point. The latest development complicating things… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
We took the kids on their first ski vacation last week, and I’m happy to report there were no injuries.Thanks to forecasted blizzard conditions along our five-hour route to Deep Creek Lake from here, we made our trip a nine-day excursion rather than seven, and I’m so glad we did.About 20 minutes after we arrived… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
(Editor’s Note: The writer is on vacation this week and therefore we are running a previous article from Sept. 1, 2010.)The key part of bath time around my house is a nightly physical assessment of the kids. A day in the life of a kid can be pretty rough on the body and along the… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
Carson lost his second tooth amid last Friday’s bomb threat situation at his school.That’s a sentence I never thought I would ever write.It happened as we were walking to our car from a field. When it fell out, he let me know, and it just so happened to be in the grass where the students… Read more »