The Santa Clause

I love Santa. Well, I love what Santa represents for so many people around the world.  That being said, I never believed in Santa growing up.  My family doesn’t celebrate Christmas.  I remember my friends who did believe in Santa though, and I also remember not “spoiling” it for them.  I don’t remember why. Its

Turn and Cough

Sleeping on the floor of Chloe’s room from 4:30am until 7:30am with her asleep on top of me periodically coughing into my ear isn’t as much fun as I thought it would be. ‘Tis the season. We are on our 16th round of colds this season already and Winter doesn’t even start until next week. 

Swiper! No swiping…please!?

I hate Dora the Explorer. My daughters seem to like her and there are a few redeeming qualities.  I like the exposure to Spanish.  I like that she’s adventurous.  I like that she’s nice to her friends and works well in a team. But… That show and books aren’t very realistic.  First of all, the

Rumble In The Playground

When my wife picked up Julianna at school recently, she was given an “incident report”.  That’s never good. Turns out that another kid came up to her while they were on the playground and started scratching her in the face.  Apparently her fingernails weren’t trimmed and she managed to inflict some damage to my daughter’s