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[NOTE: Yes, I am aware it is not Monday. I had intended these four parts of my 2014 Bumbershoot overview to be posted on a single Monday, but life has a funny way of getting in the way sometimes.] Sunday was THE DAY! This was the day that was the whole purpose of my Father’s Day…
So I posted about my entire weekend at Bumbershoot 2014 as viewed through my twitter stream, but that was not the whole story. The 3 day pass was a Father’s Day present. I wasn’t able to travel to see The Replacements (more on that in a later post) but the band was a featured headliner…
Last weekend I was given tickets to attend Bumbershoot as my Father’s Day gift. I had a great time and was able to take August and Dela on Saturday then Kyle and I went on Monday. Sunday was all me, and it was fantastic. I have a lot to write about, as well as a…
“Are they all yours?” “As far as you know!” I had all five of the younger kids in tow after school. We were picking up Ciárán’s new glasses which had taken much longer to arrive than scheduled. I had hoped they would be ready before the school year started to avoid having to take all…
It’s been an interesting transition back to the school year schedule. I don’t want to say it has been smooth, but it certainly hasn’t been difficult. One of the biggest adjustments is having Xavier in afternoon preschool. Notice I put this above working around a 3 month old infant. I’ll get to that in a…
I don’t remember the first time I heard Slint. If I remember correctly a band member (I used to be a musician a couple decades ago) of mine brought Tweez, Slint’s first album, to practice and we listened to it as a band. Practice in those days was much looser, with Sunday afternoons spent listening…
I know it’s late. When you have 6 kids see if you get anything done on time. This week the kids went back to school. Well, most of them. Kyle went to work and Tevye just drooled everywhere. Thursday was the first day for most of the kids with preschool starting on Friday. Here is…
“Piggyback ride!” my 4 year old exclaimed. I thought at first he wanted me to give him a piggyback ride, which I couldn’t do since I was pushing the stroller with his infant brother inside. I look down at him. He’s looking up ahead, somewhere along the sidewalk something has caught his attention. He points….
What follows in this paragraph is a short tale regarding the appeal of the latest Disney nature documentary. I was getting set up to watch the movie with my kids but my 7 year old son didn’t want to watch it so he left to go play downstairs. 15 minutes later he came up for some…
The Marx Brothers are titans in the comedy world for a reason. While Groucho often gets the credit and recognition he wouldn’t be nearly as effective without Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo. Heck, Even Gummo was part of the troupe’s stage act which is what made them famous to get signed to do movies. While Zeppo…