Dylan came home from preschool today with some gifts for his Mom.  One was a copy of a questionnaire they asked Dylan about Amber.  Here are his responses:
My mom’s favorite color is:  Purple
My mom’s favorite food is:  Rice
My mom makes her favorite food by: cooking it on the stove with water
My mom is 17 feet [...]

I have been struggling with my career lately. I never expected a job curing cancer or solving world hunger but I did expect to be making some kind of difference in the world.
Right now, my job provides no inherent value. Luckily a vacation I scheduled 4 months ago came up this week, at the height [...]

Dylan wrote to Santa this year. Amber got him started, but he dictated the whole thing. Here it is:
Dear Santa,
I have been very good this year. I have been very nice to Baby. Need stuff. Cars in a little box or a big box. Hey, and firetruck magnets. Plastic animals with a beach. I [...]

The other day, the family was out shopping. The baby was asleep, I was grumpy, Dylan was bored, and Amber couldn’t find the right pair of shoes. Pretty much a normal weekend event.
Then Dylan yells out “I have to go POTTTTTYYYYYY!!!!”
Sometimes you don’t get much warning. We were near the Lowe’s I [...]

Dylan is 3 1/2. He has just recently started saying something that really bothers me- I Can’t. I think the reason this bothers me is the fact that I know he can do whatever he wants. Not unusual words for a father to say, but that doesn’t make them any less [...]