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Thanksgiving was rather eventful this year. My son Kyle came home from college for a few days. I had planned on getting a picture of all 5 kids together, but somehow the time slipped away and I didn’t take one picture of any of the kids. I’d have loved to have gotten a picture of…
Back when there weren’t many options for live action superheroes on the television, Saturday Morning paved the way
“Dad?” I could tell this was going to be an unusual question. Ciárán, age 5 and Xavier, age 2 were sitting at the table eating lunch. Usually when Ciárán says something during lunch it’s a statement. “Did you put jelly on my sandwich?” “No, why?” This is a major point of contention. Ciárán likes cheese…
The story of a girl and her bear… no, a girl and her bow… no… independence…. yeah… Independence, archery and bears
Don’t let the cover art fool you, the film is much more cerebral than it lets on
{EAV:4a4471bb4fa558a0} My wife, August (age 9) and I were talking early Saturday afternoon in the front room. I don’t remember what we were discussing. Nothing terribly important. The topic of choices and sacrifices came up. My wife asked August if he had to chose which to give up, would it be video games or…
There are two things I want to get across in this post. It won’t take too long, so bear with me. Earlier today I was taking Ciárán to pre-school, and had Xavier with me, as usual. We walked the block and a half, and since we got there a little early I decided to…
The latest Disney Fairies movie adds a lot to the mythos of Pixie Hollow
A couple of days ago it was Halloween. Here are a few rejected costume ideas from the dress up trunk Xavier and Déla modeled. And our pumpkins. As for the costumes the…