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Excuse No. 236: You used to do it Comments

Mar14

It’s the one after No. 235, which says, “the dog really enjoys balancing on top of the microwave.”

My kids think I am stupid Comments

Feb19

That’s the only reasonable explanation for what happens in our home.

Can I come? Comments

Feb12

The phone call comes tonight like I knew it would. It’s my oldest boy.
He’s 14, working through the stretch in life where parents only get to see him during visiting hours. And only if nobody’s looking.
“Will you come home and take me with you to the store,” he asks, reaching me at my work desk.
I [...]

A letter from the dad Comments

Jan12

By now, you’ve figured out that all your important “stuff” is gone. It’s actually not gone, just sealed up in a very safe place. Look at it this way. It will be much easier for you to clean your room.

What he can become Comments

Jan7

If he were in charge of nuclear codes, my son would probably leave them on the kitchen floor. He’s that way.

How Carl the Spider got his name Comments

Oct26

With these spider hunters at my house, all the spiders in the world can relax.
Rest your little body segments, you arthropods. Smoke, if you got ‘em. (This is serious. Spider cancer is the third leading cause of spider deaths.)
So it’s just the men of the house at home, right? All of a sudden, Riley, 13, [...]