Reason 1,032,258 for having kids with this man
Tea party with Daddy
Irreverent
I drop Kelsey off this morning at school, and as I’m preparing to leave, her teacher calls out from the other side of the class and comes over to talk to me.
“I just wanted to tell you what Kelsey did yesterday,” she says.
Uh oh, thinks I.
“We were in Chapel yesterday –”
(Here’s the part of the [...]
3 Comments »Filed under: Daddy's ViewPosted on October 11th, 2006
Lost and Found
Lost
On Monday, we lost Alex.
Any of you who know Laurel know exactly who Alex is and how traumatic these last five days have been her, but for the benefit of those of you who don’t:
Alex is the Beanie Baby lion Laurel has carried with her everywhere for more than a year — and a year’s [...]
Laurel with Bubble
Laurel with Bubble
Taken at the Marblehead (Mass.) Arts Festival, July 4, 2006.
Warned
The younger child issued us a warning today.
Let me first say that we weren’t intentionally neglecting her. Since she’s a child who really prefers being left alone, we thought we were doing fine by her; she had some time alone with the Little Einsteins while we each did some work upstairs. The older [...]
Movin’
SCENE: I’m sitting in the office doing some website maintenance; the girls are in the hallway outside playing with their ubiquitous stuffed friends, Alex the Lion and Softpuppy the Puppy.
LAUREL, in something of a sing-song voice, over and over again:
We like to move it move it, we like to move it move it, we [...]
1 Comment »Filed under: Daddy's ViewPosted on July 1st, 2006
Pigeon Snark
In South Station, while dining on chicken nuggets and french fries, Kelsey spotted one of the feathered tenants that inhabit the old building.
Kelsey: “Daddy, what’s that pigeon’s name?”Allen: “Well, if I had to guess, I’d imagine his name is ‘pigeon’.”
Pasketti Dinner a la Terry
The girls are both sick. Kelsey’s fever from a few days ago has progressed into more of a series of hacking-and-sneezing fits, and Laurel’s now got the first stages of the fever. Needless to say, neither one of them feels much like eating the dinner their mommy prepared for them. Both [...]
Three Years
Three years ago today, my first child was born. And every day of the three years since, I’ve been so extraordinarily thankful to have her in my life. She looks at me with those glorious blue eyes and gives me that beautiful smile, both of which came from her mother, and I can [...]
3 Comments »Filed under: Daddy's View, Days to Remember, Kelsey MilestonesPosted on March 16th, 2005
My Husband, Super Genius Poet
The following is from my husband, who is way too smart for his own good. I put it here, for your enjoyment!
Twoo Wuv Needs Not The Marketing
You never can tell these days with
a modern woman, a twenty-first century kind of gal, a
“domestic goddess,” if you will, just what kind of crap
she’ll give you if you [...]
No Comments »Filed under: Daddy's ViewPosted on February 14th, 2005
Me.
