Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day as a family was an interesting experience last weekend.The St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival in Ocean City is one of my favorite events of the year. It was when I was a kid and continues today as a young adult (at least that’s how I like to refer to myself).Prior… Read more »

It’s called the “terrible 2s” for a reason, although I prefer to refer to this time in my son Carson’s life as the “traumatizing 2s”.It appears even Pam has accepted this fact of late.You see, despite my best efforts to egg her on from time to time, Pam rarely talks unfavorably about our kids.It’s not… Read more »

Accounting for the kids, and their antics, is a critical thing to keep in mind when buying just about anything these days.Obviously, that’s the case when grocery shopping, but it goes beyond that to just about all realms of purchasing.Pam and I have both have learned this after clearly making a few mistakes along the… Read more »

While it was once intimidating to me, I no longer hesitate taking my kids to the grocery store.However, an excursion a couple weekends ago was one of those experiences that will give me pause in the future.While in the backseat on the way to the store, I noticed my sons slapping hands in what I… Read more »

Boys will be boys and that comes with some unique challenges.I’m sure there are distinctive obstacles associated with girls as well, but I do not have any experience on that front, at least at this point. What I do know well is what it’s like to raise young boys, albeit if they are just 3… Read more »

At this point in his life, Beckett’s interest in soccer seems to be purely social.He’s more of a charming extrovert than an intense competitor, which just seems strange to even write since he’s not even 4 years old.Nonetheless, he’s clearly not much for the competition aspect of soccer most of the time, but there are… Read more »

A disturbing morning routine is presently at play at home.Invariably, for the last week or two around 5 in the morning, Beckett has been wandering into our bedroom and giving us an early wake-up call.Sometimes he makes enough noise stomping through the room (actually the entire second floor) that it wakes Pam and me up… Read more »

Adult meltdowns happen, and I had a memorable one the other morning. Fortunately, besides the dogs, nobody was around to hear it.It was 6 in the morning, and I needed to get some work done before the kids awoke for the day. Usually, that start rumbling around between 6:30 and 7 a.m.When I came downstairs,… Read more »

It’s been a rough week or so.Along with the Ravens’ devastating loss on Sunday, both kids have been sick and eventually Pam and I came down with something, too.Whenever a parent gets sick, it’s a big deal because the other has to step up and fill the void. However, when both parents come down with… Read more »

I figured we were out of the woods on the sleep front, but this past week has confirmed that may never be the case.With our boys now 3 ½ and 2 years old, respectively, it would seem to me we have moved beyond the middle-of-the-night awakenings and other unpredictable sleeping issues that plague parents of… Read more »