How was your Christmas? Good? All right, that's great. What did I get? Oh, I thought you'd never ask...I GOT THIS AMAZING PLAYHOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR! It has a puppet theatre on one side, an ABM/post office on another side, a grocery store (complete with desk … [Read more...]
Dad is that you?
I have a really bad memory. My theory is that countless undiagnosed concussions from years of competitive hockey as a fairly small kid have impacted the memory portion of my brain. So, I remember a lot less about my childhood than the average person might remember. One of the … [Read more...]
Inconsiderate Santa!
I'm looking forward to getting angry on Christmas morning. My childhood Christmas memories are likely a familiar refrain to many of you. My sister and I would go to bed extremely early, somehow thinking that the sooner we went to bed the sooner Santa would come and the sooner our … [Read more...]
Advice re: the delivery
I was at a party recently and a soon-to-be Dad asked me if I had any advice regarding the delivery. I remember getting all kinds of unsolicited advice before Pea was born so I tend to keep my opinions to myself until I am asked for them... just a lesson learned the hard way, I … [Read more...]
Bad Dad
Pea has been sick for the better part of a week. Nothing serious thankfully, just a cold, but she's not been herself lately and it's truly taken its toll on her... and on me. She's waking often during the night, refusing to sleep any length of time in her own crib and her irritability … [Read more...]
I really shouldn’t be telling you this…
I received The Man-ual for my 18th birthday. What? You've never heard of The Man-ual? Oh, of course you haven't... The Man-ual is a sizeable leather-bound reference book that all boys get when they become men. Mine came unexpectedly and anonymously in the mail. … [Read more...]
This message has been approved by my wife!
Like many of you, I found Jen's recent post entitled "A Sexual Crisis" pretty interesting. She was open and honest on a topic that most people don't want to talk about with their closest friends, let alone the whole WWW. So, given the fact that I am a man and think about sex about a … [Read more...]
Daddy’s Little Girl
What's wrong with Daddy's Little Girl?I love my daughter. I talk about her. A lot. Maybe too much. I try to spend as much time with her as possible and when I'm not at work there is no where I would rather be than hanging with her and my wife. Pea, in return, seems to … [Read more...]
Shock and Awe
"Shock and Awe." Technically, it's a military term that refers to the rapid dominance of an enemy with great force and speed. Throughout my wife's entire pregnancy, I was in a perpetual state of shock and awe. But not at any enemy. It wasn't a bad thing, by any … [Read more...]
Please don’t go Daddy!
Our neighbours had a young boy a week ago. I don't know the couple at all, but I do know their boys' date of birth, name and weight thanks to a lawn stork they have trolling around their front yard.Since seeing the stork last week, I've also noticed a few other things. During a late night … [Read more...]