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The Silent Partner

I haven’t talked too much about Matthew on the blog so far, but I feel like I need to give the little man a shout out. I get asked pretty regularly what it’s like having two children and my answer

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The Darth Dilemma

Star Wars is a very different thing for kids today than it was for me. It’s not that Star Wars wasn’t marketed out the wazoo when I was little… but that marketing is much more faceted. In addition to standard

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The Funny Guy

Much of this will be preamble, but I think it’s necessary to really set up the situation at the end. It’s been a rough week. Rough for everyone in the family, and rough for Daddy in a different way. I

Posted in Gripe, Love

The Story Trap

Every night I tell Joshua a story. Well, every night he doesn’t freak out and get it taken away as punishment, but I digress. When it started, I would make up a story about Thomas the Tank Engine or I

Posted in Advice, Gripe, Love

The Magic

I hope I’ve made pretty clear that, despite all the various frustrations, having kids is pretty fun. They say a lot of goofy things. They make funny faces. They giggle a lot. They give you an excuse to play with

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