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- The Bathroom seems to be the nexus of activity in my house. Must be where all the fun happens!
Wordless Wednesday – Battleship
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Tag Archives: Parenting
Something like Parenting Advice – Steam Cleaner
As a Father of four I've learned a lot over the years, and some things I've learned the hard way. Hopefully I can help you learn things the easy way.
One of the lessons you'll learn early in parenting is that 'Children are Messy" it seems obvious, but even though it IS obvious, you probably won't get a steam cleaner for your baby shower. The humble lesson is this:
The baby won't come out with a Steam Cleaner (probably), if no one loves you enough to gift one, love yourself enough to get one. (I'm not even talking about the deluxe version.)
That's my second part of "Something like Parenting Advice"
Arizona had a Birthday!
Normally I like to do something special for birthdays, but I didn't have to, my son beat me to it… his entire fourth grade class did.
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- Singing “I Love Arizona”
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- I made him pose for a picture after the play, he and his cute little cowboy hat!
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- It turns out that Arizona was part of the Confederacy. I’m sure they gave other facts about the state… I don’t remember… but I think they mentioned hot and desert’ey at some point too.
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- I love that he’s waving at me while doing the square dance!
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- Doing the Square Dance
Something like Parenting Advice – Playing with Babies
I'm a Father, and I've learned a lot over the years, what I learned the hard way, you can learn the easy way.
This first lesson starts early in parenthood… and it's mostly for the men.
As a parent of a little new born, you will want to coo to the precious baby while holding it over your face… if you do, keep your mouth closed.
That's my first part of "Something like Parenting Advice"
Headline News ‘Single Father of Four Takes Kids to Ballet’
“What do I think I’m doing?!” is usually the first question I ask myself when the going gets tough. ‘Tough’ is a relative term and by the reaction of every smiling face I passed you’d think I was on my way to be knighted. That’s where the question came from… from one of those smiling faces in the crowd.
“Did you really bring four kids to the ballet all by yourself?” her tone was disbelief mixed with horror. Her tact knew no bounds as she continued. “Are they really all yours?!” as if anyone in their right mind would drag a ‘large’ group of age ten and under kids to a ballet if they didn’t belong to them.
“We can hope.” Was my curt reply, then I hurried the children on to our seats. I’m not sure what the biggest headline is, that I took the kids to the ballet, that they loved it, or that they behaved through the two and a half hours.
The ballet was Sleeping Beauty, and it was pretty incredible. My oldest sat quietly as though in thought. My second oldest asked hushed questions and really got into it, and the girls could barely contain their excited claps to the spaces between dances!
My favorite part was the children’s reaction to fancy ballet moves or sudden changes in what’s on stage. If it were just the chamber orchestra it would have been worth it to me, as it was more than that, I can under exaggerate by saying simply that it was great!
