The older kid, Primo, has been sick the last couple of days. Super sick too, not just the feeling the blues but throwing up on daddy multiple times. I feel bad for him but come on. Getting thrown up on once is part of the deal with being a parent ...

5:30 is anticipated in this house like nothing else. There are other important times in the day that have more weight with the boys like lunch and nap time. When we need to leave for school, or to go back and pick Primo up is another closely watched time but ...

It is amazing to me how kids can be so sick and feverish through out the night, waking up many times and crying for me or Beautiful and then when the morning comes have this reserve of energy. Last night was rough on me and felt like we had new ...

Several months back the family and I took a trip a few miles down the interstate to good ole San Antonio.  The plan was to go to Sea World and the San Antonio Zoo!  The fine folks at Holiday Inn offered to pick up the tab for our lodging in ...

Cheese and wine are fairly good company.  We all improve with age and someday we will all be consumed.  Two of us by the other.  One by worms or hellfire.  It depends on who you ask. This birthday started like most do, with somebody puking.  However, it was the wrong midnight ...

In Theory: Don’t play the “Mom’s Away” Card. Dad taking care of the kids when mom is out of town should be a non-event. Because dads are now equal co-parents, it would be absurd and demeaning for a dad to ask for some kind of accommodation or special ...

I should have been more suspicious when my daughter ran up to me with open arms and a big smile, yelling “daddy”, and hugged me while I was eating my breakfast. As it was all a preconceived facade to wipe her runny nose all over my new black shirt ...