I was diving down the interstate in my truck with my wife and kids. All of the sudden I look to the left and there is an overturned car in the median. It looks like the car has been there a while, but I can see the legs of two passengers who are still [...]
I was doing the old “what do you want to be when you grow up” thing with the kids last night. It turns out both Zavier and Carter are interested in being astronauts.
That is when it dawned on me; I am going to visit outer space.
Sure, it is really expensive for civilians to go to [...]
I was having a conversation with my two oldest sons today about the word “geek”. They were trying to convince me that I am not a “geek”.
It led to a conversation about what a geek is. We ended up that a geek is someone who likes math and computers (a seriously narrow definition that ignores [...]
This weekend Sabrina went to the wedding of a friend in East Tennessee. She took Carter (5) and Jacob (3) with her.
Apparently, there were quite a few kids there. There was also plenty of Halloween candy. Which makes the report I got back all the more perplexing.
Carter set up shop at the reception. He was [...]
I finally got around to posting pictures from the first day of school. It was Carter’s first day of Kindergarten and Zaiver’s first day as a 1st Grader.
This is one of the better pics. Click it to see the full set.
My wife insisted we buy Rock Band for the Wii. I had never played it prior to setting it up in my living room.
Well, it is a really fun game. It isn’t really much like actually being in a rock band though.
One of the main differences is the instant feedback. I think that one of [...]
Last Tuesday I was trying to get the family packed and ready for our trip to Jazz Fest in New Orleans. Just as dusk was approaching I decided that I had to at least mow the front yard before we left. I pulled the mower around to the front of the house and got started. [...]
I am off to New Orleans for Jazz Fest.
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Yesterday I started “Blogging to Read” for my 6 year old. This morning as soon as he got up he asked me if he could “write”. We didn’t have time this morning, but I loved his enthusiasm.
As soon as he got home from school he was asking if he could write. After doing some chores [...]
When my sister was young she participated in a Writing to Read program at Julia Green. If I remember correctly she was very fortunate that one of her classmate’s father was able to volunteer a large amount of time to work with the students on the Writing to Read program in the school’s computer lab. [...]
