Journey.

October 10, 2009

It’s nap time here at the MennoDaddy household, which gives me a little time to sit back with a glass of scotch and take stock of the past few weeks. I’ve got two sickies today as a single parent, which makes things a little more stressful than usual. But a man’s gotta blog, so I’ll [...]

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And now, a musical interlude.

September 28, 2009

I sing to my son a lot. So this weekend, during a particularly nasty diaper change, I decided to whip out a special song that I remember fondly from the summers of my childhood, watching bad movies with my brother. I’d like to share it with you today. I mean, okay, it’s not Brahms’ Lullaby. [...]

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Yarrr.

September 19, 2009

Just a quickie today, folks. A bonny International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Now GO an’ celebrate wit yer favorite wench and yer cabin boys an’ girls. For timbers need shiverin’, liiles need liverin’, all hands are t’ be hooked, and all eyes t’ be patched. As fer my household, me bonny daughter has parleyed and [...]

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My baby done gone

September 11, 2009

We crossed the Rubicon last week. The little guy, ever in his own time, finally shuffled his barely ambulatory limbs without external support.  We crossed a threshold.  It’s over. Our babies are gone. When we decided to make Levi the last child in the MennoDaddy household, I knew his ascent to toddlerhood would come eventually. [...]

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Preschool

September 9, 2009

The big one started preschool today. I’m extremely nervous. Norah is a highly-sensitive child.  She’s exhibited the classic signs of extreme sensitivity ever since she was very little.  She’s a sweet, charming, funny little girl, but she does NOT do well with change.  Of any kind.  Routine is her friend, and breaks in routine are [...]

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Liver & Onions Truck

August 22, 2009

Have you ever lied to your kids? Shut up.  Of course you have. And I don’t mean those little lies you tell because the truth is too complicated to explain, like “That cookie jar is just STUCK, honey, sorry,” or “The swimming pool closes after your nap time,” or “Can’t give you that, soda will [...]

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Winnar!!!!1!

August 15, 2009

I never win anything.  Ever.  Bupkis.  The last time I remember winning something meaningful was in the third grade when I won a blue ribbon in the science fair for my exhibit titled “What Puts the Fizz in Alka-Seltzer”  (Answer:  sodium bicarbonate and citric acid).  Okay, I also won my college’s Concerto-Aria competition my junior [...]

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God bless bacon.

August 13, 2009

It was a festive evening in the MennoDaddy household. I stood in the kitchen, in a jubilant mood, making the evening “breakfast-supper” of seven-whole-grain pancakes and bacon – glorious bacon.  My bacon euphoria is shared by my offspring, both of whom scarf it down and appreciate it for the awesomeness that it is. “Bacon!” shouted [...]

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We all have days

August 13, 2009

We all have days. When you’re a single parent on the weekends, you have days that are rewarding and awesome, images straight out of a Parenting Magazine photoshoot. And there are days that make you pine for the days B.C. (Before Children) where all your neo-parental angst was directed at the cats and not at [...]

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On Music

August 6, 2009

My brother and I are both very capable musicians with keen ears and musical memories. I’ve had the benefit of an additional 10+ years of musical training and experience, but I’ve always believed that MennoBro could have been an excellent classically-trained musician if he had chosen to go that route. As it is, he’s now [...]

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