You made it! Summer is FINALLY upon us. Welcome to the smell of driveway campfires and fresh cut lawn. Before you know it, you may even be hearing ice cream trucks playing that one song over and [...]
[Note: This post is from a monthly parenting column I wrote in 2007 for my kids’ elementary school newsletter. I discovered it recently while cleaning out end-of-school clutter. (Yes, apparently [...]
I recently found out that my daughter's dentist has a child of her own who's had multiple cavities. I actually did a little dance in my head when I heard that. (I really had some sweet [...]
I'd like to think that tee-ball started off as a good idea. In reality, tee-ball is a one-hour exercise in paying attention. I'll get to that in a moment. But let's first put ourselves into the [...]
It's official: Pokémon GO is the most popular smartphone app in history. Maybe you've seen players of all ages with their smartphones out around popular landmarks in your town. They're trying to [...]
You know how your kid can always find a way to surprise you? Well, apparently, my 6-year-old daughter has a thick Italian accent. Sometimes. Other times her playful dialect resembles an English [...]
About half of my vocabulary as an adult is derived from movie lines. In fact, about half of my friendships were forged while watching movies over and over together. (Anyone else willing to [...]
Here's an apparent hobby of mine: Buying spinach, and then throwing most of it out a week later when it gets all slimy. (Don't even get me started on bananas.) Parenting feels that way sometimes. [...]
I've been to plenty of wedding receptions in my life. I'm guessing you have, too. How many cheese cubes and veggie plates in total do you think you've eaten over the years while waiting for the [...]
It's been said that R2D2 is the most vulgar movie character of all-time. After all, the director bleeped out every single word he said. (Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...) Recently I took my oldest son [...]