BAM! I hear the bedroom door slam open and I pause the Netflix, stomping over to the stairs to see who is going to appear at the top of them. As I suspected, it is my three-year-old. “Edward.” I don’t need to say anything else. “Daddy, I don’t wanna sleep in your bed, I wanna […]
Category Archives: Ruby
Bear’s Birthday
Last Monday was Bear’s birthday. Most of Ruby’s toys have birthdays that either fall on her birthday, or on Chirstmas, and the rest of them have birthdays that we cannot remember because they came home to live with us at assorted unremarkable times. This is not the case with Bear. I’m not sure if it […]
Why My Cats Are Wet and Sad
Yesterday, we found a flea in our house. One little pestilent bug, sitting there like a dark omen, waiting to bite our ankles. Well, let me tell you, I was not waiting around to find a second flea. I went all scorched Earth on that sucker. You can’t give these things any leeway in the […]
How to Shop With Your Kids
Look, let’s be honest here. Shopping with kids can be, to put it mildly, a trying experience. Aside from the fact that they want to buy everything in every store, they also want to push the cart, and ride in the cart, and ride on the cart, and run around like maniacs. And you can’t […]
I Will NOT Fork his Noodle!
Did you ever have a conversation in a public place that, upon further reflection, might sound weird taken out of context to the people around you? And have you ever had one of those conversations at top volume at dinner time in a busy restaurant? I know I have. Last night, actually. I was trying […]
6 People – 1 Bed
For reasons that I will not get into at this exact moment, I found myself last night in Franklin, MA, at a hotel with my mother, my sister, my niece, and my two children. I had reserved the room online the day before and had clearly stated that there would be three adults and two […]
I Just Gave a Time-Out to a Camel Puppet
So it’s come to this. All of my decisions and life experiences, which I thought were involved in making me into a rational and capable human being, have led me to this moment in time. I just gave a time-out to a camel puppet. To be fair, the camel puppet was acting like a jerk. […]
Top Ten Things Overheard During a Game of Mr. Potato Head
It is a rare occasion when my children decide to play happily together, and last night I decided to take advantage of the once-in-a-blue-moon event by doing some work without interruptions. This didn’t mean I wasn’t paying attention to them of course, and I found myself often glancing their way, just enjoying and taking in […]
Bear is Magic
There is a special kind of magic that happens when a child loves a toy. There is magic in the imagination of children, and those who were once children. It is the type of magic that we all wink and smile at, knowing that it exists only in the minds of those involved, and only […]
What My Children Thought of the Picture I Drew of Them
Lately I have been playing around with the look and the feel of this blog. I have been trying new things. I changed my logo (if one can call it that), and I started making graphics and posting them on the Tenor Dad Facebook page, mostly because it was fun and that’s why I do […]