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I write less often these days and, hopefully, for as long as I'm still doing this, I can capture something of my life as a father of three, stay at home dad, (too) frequent traveler, all of it. I'm feeling, as time marches on, I haven't written nearly as much about the kids growing up as I'd like. In all honestly, whenever life decides to slow down, and I know that's not any time soon, I hope I can find these posts and relive the days of our kids being young, so I want to pro

We all want to share the things we love with our children as they grow, hoping they'll take on those interests for themselves. We also instinctually know reading to our kids is overwhelmingly positive, to bond with them, to stimulate their brains, and at night to help them sleep. Reading has always been something I've enjoyed, in particular when it comes to old, classic stories. There's usually good reason something's lasted decades, or centuries, and I want to be part of tha

I've written twice this year already about our daughter. One of these detailed how she's becoming a handful, thinking she's a princess ...

Kindergarten, and 'real school,' is when most kids truly start learning to read. It's a crazy process to watch, and one that's certainly...

'She's SO cute!' Everywhere we go, our daughter, our youngest and kid #3, gets this response. The comments used to focus almost...

Our eldest is motivated to make money. Or, I guess I should say, he's motivated to spend money. We don't buy many extra toys, outside...

On Friday we embarked on potty training round three, always a trial by fire, with our nearly two and a half year old little girl. For...

Life doesn't ever slow down once you have kids, or at least it hasn't for us. In fact it seems to constantly be accelerating. While life...

For boy #2 we're in a period of transitioning away from naps. Remember, this is the one I once named ' the baby tornado , ' an apt...

Time flew the fastest this summer and I'm both kinda sad it's over and glad for it. Prior to this year we'd travel a little bit and...

Last week we were in Alaska again and, while it's always a good trip, it brings some challenges both physical and emotional. From MSP...

I'm sure I've said in the past how kid #1, our son, is basically my Mini-Me. It's not a reference to how he looks, it's that he generally...

The first year with a kid can be a challenge for a dad. It's hard to connect with a little baby like a mother does, we don't have the...

With our first two children, the boys, we had few problems with sleeping through the night. #1 from birth was an incredible sleeper and...

As a kid Spider-Man my favorite superhero. I liked whatever cartoons he appeared in and, as a teen, loved the Sam Raimi live action...

I often get annoyed with our eldest son, too often. There are other circumstances, to be sure, but one type of interaction has really...

Summer is over and it's the school year again. Before now that didn't mean a lot, even when #1 was in preschool four days a week that's...

I never did a follow-up for potty training boy #2 and that's warranted. Surely I don't remember everything from doing this with #1, but...

Our kids have always had friends, of one kind or another, though until recently they've mostly been through friends of my wife and I, or...

Last week we started potty training our #2 child. It was probably the longest week of my life. This is one of those parts of parenting...