http://www.fatheroftheblog.com A Journey Through Fatherhood and Parenting Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:07:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Is it a bad omen that National Lampoon’s Vacation aired the night before our family road trip? Clark Griswold I am not and Wally World was not our destination but we did travel across the country to visit Kim’s family in Texas and we did have several mishaps of the ... http://www.fatheroftheblog.com/2008/06/29/road-trip/ This book centers around and draws examples from a research study called “Parenting Practices at the Millennium” (PPM). Over 1000 parents and around 650 teenagers were at the core of the study. The book is broken down into four main sections. The first part of the book is an examination ... http://www.fatheroftheblog.com/2008/06/09/too-much-of-a-good-thing-raising-children-of-character-in-an-indulgent-age-%e2%80%93-a-book-review/ Each Tuesday during April, Olivia, Hailey and I attended a ‘Mommy and Me’ class at our school district’s early childhood center. Yoga Animal Antics. Too young for the class, Elizabeth Rose sat this one out and luckily my mom was available to watch her. Each class started off with an animal ... http://www.fatheroftheblog.com/2008/05/23/where-no-man-has-gone-before/ Originally posted on BabyCenter.com 02/03/08 Elizabeth Rose is three weeks old and has colic. She cries, she fusses and she fidgets. She has the quiver lip, a gaping mouth howl and an ear splitting screech.  Her body stiffens, her legs thrash, and her arms riffle. She is having a fit in ... http://www.fatheroftheblog.com/2008/04/30/screams-of-passion-2/ Originally posted on BabyCenter.com 01/25/08 The ride to Olivia and Hailey’s Preschool takes two minutes. In that short amount of time we have our best discussions. Every school day morning we hustle out the door and to my car. I strap ‘em in their seat belts, unwrap then handout chewy granola ... http://www.fatheroftheblog.com/2008/04/23/two-minute-warning/ Originally posted on BabyCenter.com 01/16/08  A month ago, Kim and I were cleaning out our bedroom closet, packing up the non-essentials getting ready for the move to our new house. During the closet clean-sweep I found an old favorite Blues (Hockey Team) hat. Fashioned in the ball cap variety with fading ... http://www.fatheroftheblog.com/2008/04/17/old-hat/ Originally posted on BabyCenter.com 1/12/08  Number Three is here; well I suppose I can call her by her given name now that she has one, Elizabeth Rose. Eli, or Lizzie, or Beth for short, whatever suits her best, we will see. She is beautiful, a round face, dimple in her chin, ... http://www.fatheroftheblog.com/2008/04/07/welcome-elizabeth-rose/ Stay at home dad this past Tuesday with Olivia, Hailey and Elizabeth Rose lesson learned: Setting up the tone, “Daddy Days Are Here Again” to the song “Happy Days Are Here Again.”  Olivia has a superb new addition to her morning routine, journaling. From the kitchen table she sketches in a spiral ... http://www.fatheroftheblog.com/2008/04/01/a-child%e2%80%99s-disappointment/ Originally posted on BabyCenter.com 09/27/07  Kim’s Tree Kim’s origins are rooted in Houston, her whole family lives there, except for Nana (Kim’s mom). Over due by three years for a visit, Cousin Morgan’s high school graduation was as good as any reason for us to fly down and check in on the ... http://www.fatheroftheblog.com/2008/03/28/texas/ Originally posted on BabyCenter.com 06/15/07  I call Olivia and Hailey kiddos all the time, mostly not to confuse them and god forbid, accidentally call them by the wrong name. "How was school today kiddo?" or "Bed time kiddo, lights out." or "Morning kiddo, how are ya?" you get the point. On ... http://www.fatheroftheblog.com/2008/03/26/mockery-of-me/