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Last week it took a few extra days and 15 ballots to elect a Speaker of the House for the new Congress, something unusual but not...

Our #2 child is now two years old and he's, up to this point, not been a talker. He came out of the womb sucking on two fingers on his...

I don't think we, as parents, want to have a favorite kid. Nothing good comes of that. Ideally we resist the urge and treat our offspring...

My last post bemoaned a weird stage where we were ready for a baby but she wasn't ready to join us yet. Well, to our relief, our little...

Kid #1 was born a day or two after his due date. Kid #2 was unexpectedly early, by more than a week. So with the expected arrival of kid...

The aspect of parenting I seem to be struggling with most these days is setting a good example. This isn't across the board as I, for the...

The jokes are funny because they're true. A first child gets all the attention to his/her self. First-time parents tend to be much better...

Abortion is the topic of the day as a new Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (i.e. 'Dobbs') overruled...

About a week ago we got back from our (usually) annual trip to Alaska. As I've said before we have family near Homer, AK on the Kenai...

I touched on this briefly in discussing my week without a computer, but it's such a nice part of our boys at their current ages and I...

A big thing right now, when either or both boys are awake, is a constant stream of reading requests. The three-year-old asks verbally,...

Our three year old loves books. He also loves trucks, ever since before he could talk. So naturally we have quite a few books featuring...

In my head I wanted to have this done the day we moved. Missed that deadline by, uh, a lot. I don't want to dwell too much in the past...

I'm a baseball nut, something you probably already know. Figuring out how we're going to watch Major League Baseball, specifically the...

I feel like I've hinted at this before but don't think I've said it outright. Something's been pressing on me lately, a result of moving...

As stated previously I'm not entirely sold on living in Minnesota again. I'm missing the warmer weather of Maryland and starting to dread...

I love the Olympics. I especially love the Winter Olympics. Alpine Skiing and Figure Skating are a couple favorites, and then there's...

I want to think I never got soft. Born-and-raised Minnesotans usually feel the need to be tough, at least when it comes to the weather....

Everyone has good days and bad days, and that certainly includes me as I stay home with two kids. I want to have more good than bad,...

Six months ago I wrote about the joy of babies at six months old. Six months is the beginning of more interactive behavior, but a key...