Category Archives: parenting

The Life Cycle of A Sand Castle, in Eleven Pictures

Posted on August 1, 2010 by

Yesterday, Declan and I built one of our favorite sand castles, which we call the Tidal Pool Dribble Castle Sand Boat. The TPDCSB has many advantages, including immediate tidal pool ocean water interaction, dribbling opportunities, and comfortable seats in a … Continue reading →

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We Are Pregnant With Boy Number Three!

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

Alisa is pregnant. With our third boy. Three boys! Holy moley. Twenty weeks pregnant, due in early October. We are thrilled, we are grateful, and we are more than a little bit daunted. The idea of bring a third baby … Continue reading →

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The Health Benefits of Losing Arguments to Your Wife

Posted on April 18, 2010 by

I read an extraordinary article in this morning’s New York Times Magazine about the correlation between marital happiness and health. Among the findings: a small wound (8 small blisters created by a suction machine) took one day longer to heal … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Moment #17: Cloudy with a chance of tickle tornadoes

Posted on January 17, 2010 by

Spent a chunk of the morning bouncing around on the bed and tickling Declan and Grey. So lovely. Tickling is absolutely fascinating as a phenomenon — one of those human behaviors that is so natural and instinctive that we rarely … Continue reading →

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Overlooking Transgressions, Santa Delivers Bat Cave

Posted on December 29, 2009 by

Santa proved magnanimous this Christmas — he ignored a long list of transgressions by Declan and Grey in the last several weeks and delivered a small mountain of toys, including the much anticipated Bat-Cave-with-working-drawbridge-and-retractable-crane. Though Alisa and I succeeded in … Continue reading →

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Space Shuttle Underwear Touches Down

Posted on December 15, 2009 by

Yesterday one package of Space Shuttle underwear arrived from Gap Kids. Declan picked them out online, and ever day since Alisa ordered them last week, he has been asking when they would arrive. Declan is in many ways a boy’s … Continue reading →

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Holiday Card Subtext

Posted on December 15, 2009 by

We happily participate in the great holiday card tradition, one of the last uses of snail mail that I genuinely enjoy. That said, even a holiday polyanna like myself can’t help but notice there is a bit of a “look … Continue reading →

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Water Birth

Posted on December 12, 2009 by

Grey, in his 22-month-old wisdom, has decided that the bath is the perfect place to go number two. He did it a few days ago when Alisa was bathing him, and this morning he did it yet again, this time … Continue reading →

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The Original Workout

Posted on December 6, 2009 by

“Let’s jump on the bed” was, as a child, an un-turn-down-able invitation. My brother and I LOVED jumping on beds — as we got older our favorite version was slaloming back and forth between two twin beds in my grandmother’s … Continue reading →

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The Allure of Weapons Delivery Systems that Inflict Pain on Bad Guys

Posted on December 6, 2009 by

April 7, 2009 Dear Declan – On Sunday i took you to the Intrepid aircraft carrier off the west side highway in the 30s, a floating museum showcasing fighter jets, supersonic surveillance aircraft, a cruise missile bearing submarine, and other … Continue reading →

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