“Wow” was all I could say after two hours at Chuck E Cheese’s last Sunday in Salisbury.It’s not so much that I was in awe by what takes place there. It’s just no matter how prepared you are it’s still a shock to the senses to spend a considerable amount of time at that place… Read more »

It constantly amazes me how much energy my kids wake up with each morning.I am a morning person who rarely has little trouble getting out of bed, but I’m usually worthless as far as having a conversation until I get a shower and have some caffeine.On the other hand, my oldest son, Beckett, does not… Read more »

Over the last week, I have seen this quote twice — on Facebook and emailed to me by a reader commenting on a recent rambling in this space.It’s from Dave Harvey, a man of faith who apparently in a book or commentary along the way astutely opined, “I thought parenting was going to portray my… Read more »

Spending the day on Assateague Island, specifically the OSV portion, has long been our favorite way to spend a day.We like any day spent on any beach, but we have found driving on at Assateague the best way to enjoy the beach without much fuss.As parents with little ones know, or recall when their kids… Read more »

There is nothing that makes time with your kids more special than time away from them.That sounds a bit harsh probably, but it’s so true and absence indeed does make the heart grow fonder.Although we were only out of town last weekend for what amounted to about 30 hours, it was enough of a break… Read more »

Beckett started his school career last week, and he seems to have handled the transition with little trouble.As I assume to be the case with most parents, our child’s first day of school was something special and not to mention a bit emotional.It was particularly memorable for me, as he started pre-kindergarten at Worcester Preparatory… Read more »

Pam, the kids and I had a “staycation” last week, and it was a roller coaster ride that started off bumpy but ended peacefully.For those unfamiliar with the term, a “staycation” is basically taking a week off from work, not traveling anywhere and having some family time in your own hometown area.All our planning for… Read more »

There are some things that come out of my mouth as well as my wife’s these days that I never could have imagined saying before we had kids.It’s because the kids say and do the craziest things that merit some of the oddest responses that once articulated seem ridiculous while hilarious. Here’s a handful to… Read more »

Being a parent of toddlers, there’s a big difference between the experiences of low tide and high tide on the beach.Low tide means easy street for most parents, while high tide usually requires constant monitoring and handholding.As far as I am concerned, nothing beats low tide on the beach with my kids. Typically, the waves… Read more »

This month marks the four-year anniversary of this column.As I recently looked back through the hard-copy album of these ramblings that I plan to one day give to my boys, I could not help but laugh at some of the incredibly stupid things I have written in the course of this column.Here’s a look at… Read more »