There is nothing quite like the feeling that you get in the pit of your stomach when you have allowed one of your children to be injured. And when you yourself are directly responsible for the injury, that sick feeling quickly spreads from your stomach, all the way to the depths of your very soul. […]
Category Archives: Edward
How Not To Get What You Want
Ah, two and half year olds. So cute and innocent. They have not yet learned to lie, so everything they tell you is true. Obviously telling the truth all the time is a terrible way to get what you want, though. Have you ever tried to call in lazy to work? No, it would never […]
What My Two-Year-Old Stole From Victoria’s Secret
We had a pretty busy day at the Tenor Dad household yesterday. Ruby had her school pictures and, because this is 1978, we will know what they look like in just a few short weeks or months. But it was not only school picture day! It was also the day that we had to take […]
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Scare the Crap Out of ‘Em
So the loft bed thing didn’t work. For those of you who have been following along, you will know that my 2-year-old son Edward does not want to stay in his bed at night. Not when we put him to bed, not at 3 AM, and not at 5 AM or 6 AM either. It […]
My Car Got Broken Into
My car got broken into. And by “broken into” I mean that Edward unlocked one of the doors on his way out and I didn’t catch it, so nothing was actually broken. They just opened up the back door and helped themselves to my stuff. And it happened right in my parking lot outside of […]
Putting Together a Loft Bed Without the Instructions
Since we moved, way back in May, our two children have been sharing a room for the first time. She’s 5, he’s 2, they can just deal with it, right? Well, Edward has not been sleeping well, and he has been bothering Ruby, so she hasn’t been sleeping well either, and the whole room really […]
Reaping the Whirlwind
Edward has decided that sleeping is no good. I mean, it’s okay for other people, it’s just not for him. Scratch that. It is not okay for other people either. At least not people in his house. Whereas he used to be a fabulous sleeper, for the past few weeks (or has it been months? […]
Edward’s Words: A Matching Game
Now that Edward has started speaking in full sentences and his word count is exploding, we are no longer worried about his speech delay. He seems to be catching up well, and communicating nicely. This does not mean, however, that you will always know what he is saying. Like most two-year-olds, Edward has his own […]
School Envy
Edward is very interested in this idea of school. He does not seem to realize that he is only two, and that this precludes him from going to kindergarten with his older sister. All morning he has been asking me, “Where’s Ruby?” and when I tell him she’s at school, he wanders around the house […]
Tenor Dad Goes Bowling
Kids love bowling. This is a true fact, and even though my kids had never been bowling before, I knew that they would love it. Because they are kids. And kids love bowling. They have played Wii bowling before, and they loved that. They also have played home bowling using a rubber ball and some […]