

Tumbling down the growth chart
We were a bit surprised at #2's latest well-check. It turns out he'd fallen from 50+ percentile weight/length at three months all the way...

Covid surface transmission
Covid has brought a lot of changes to our day-to-day life both at home and out in public. Much of this we've just gotten used to, like...

Twenty Trucks
We have a toddler son and, to the shock of nobody, he's thoroughly obsessed with trucks. Construction equipment, emergency vehicles,...

Two weeks into home with two
Since my wife went back to work two weeks ago, the time has come where I'm responsible for two kids during the week. I was both dreading...

First and second child leave
Well, time is flying by and we're nearing the end of my wife's maternity leave. For both our first and second child she took 12 weeks off...

How to talk Minnesotan
While in some ways I'm not the most typical Minnesotan, you can definitely still see it in how I talk. The following video is a little...

Sweet emotion
Our toddler is smack dab in the middle of being two and we expect emotions to run high. Tantrums and other outbursts were already...

History reading list
As part of the Christmas gift for my mom this year, I had the idea to put together a shortlist of approachable history books. She likes...

Unexpectedly early
The due date was December 17th. Right now only one hospital visitor is allowed per mother giving birth, and even in normal times children...

Vacation after (Thanksgiving) vacation
Most vacations we take aren't very relaxing. That's as true now as it was before we had kids, though where we go and what we do has...

Weekly reset
My wife has a mostly typical work schedule and is usually only busy during the week. Like most people, the weekends are for everything...

Roadtrip (and Cuyahoga)
We won't be traveling to Minnesota for either Thanksgiving or Christmas this year, with the baby due in December. So we decided to go in...

The Electoral College
The Presidential election is tomorrow. It'd certainly be best if we know the winner sooner rather than later. Today I think it's a good...

Minnesota vs Maryland: driving
It turns out lots of behaviors you learn and know in life are largely regional, and this becomes profoundly clear when leaving your...

Room shift
It's often said the time to move a toddler out of their crib is when they start climbing out. That never happened for us. Instead we...

Legitimacy
On (Fri) Sept 18th of this year, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg passed away at 87. She was a political and cultural icon well...

Golf league @ PB Dye
This post definitely goes with the idea this blog is sometimes a sorta virtual scrapbook. Ideally, whether or not I write for that long,...

Some minor reorganization
I, shall we say, can be a bit obsessive about organization and tidiness. In general this is seen in the way our house looks but...

It's been a week
We've started potty training in earnest, which my wife courageously began without me during my weekend in Vegas . Our son went naked...




















