Well, that’s it. Ruby is out of pre-school. And although yesterday was her last day, they held the closing ceremonies two days earlier, on Monday evening. Why they decided to give everyone their certificates and then have them go to school for two more days I’ll never know, but that’s how they did it. Maybe […]
Category Archives: Ruby
To Ruby On Her Last Day Of School
Well, this is it. School is over. Today is your last day of pre-school. We made it. I know, I know. You made it, but you didn’t take this journey alone, and you were not the only one who learned things over the past year. I learned a lot as well. I would like to […]
I Think We’re the Weird Family
For a lot of my life I didn’t even bother trying to fit in. I was clearly weird and I kind of liked that about myself. As I grew up, I learned, at least partially, to adjust my weirdness levels to fit whatever group I was in, so that even if people thought of me […]
When Sentimental Parents Have Unsentimental Children
I try not to get too sentimental about things, but I can’t help it! I think I am finally becoming able to rid myself of most of my childhood, in the form of toys, papers, stuffed animals, etc., and I can pick out only the most important things to save. But when it comes to […]
A Debilitating Love of Semantics
Hello. My name is Tenor Dad, and I am addicted to semantics. The problem is so bad that I didn’t even realize that it was a problem until my wife pointed it out to me. I went through life thinking that people wanted to know correct word usage and wished to be clear when speaking. […]
Who You May and May Not Marry
Last week I had to tell my daughter that she was not legally allowed to marry the person of her choice, the person that she loved more than anyone else, because society would not permit it. You see, my 5-year-old daughter Ruby wanted to marry her 2-year-old brother Edward. Not now, obviously. She was quite […]
The Pump House
For those of you not in the know, The Pump House is an indoor water park located at the top of a mountain in the middle of a ski resort. And it is awesome. Vermont has a lot of things, ski resorts and mountains being most of them, but one thing Vermont does not generally […]
Ruby Plays Ball
Ruby loves rules. But, like any of us fellow rule-lovers, what she loves most is to make up her own rules and then strictly follow them, expecting everyone else to do the same. For instance, yesterday we were playing the time-honored game of “catch” in the courtyard. The game, as it has stood for centuries, […]
The Value of a Surprise
As part of the never-ending birthday celebration that is the month of March around here, we spent Saturday with my wife’s side of the family at a birthday brunch for Ruby, Edward, and their cousin Avery. This seemed like the perfect excuse to get Ruby another present. The problem was that her birthday was on […]
Lightning The Queen
For some reason, Ruby decided to have a Cars themed birthday party this year. I say “for some reason,” not because I am sexist and think that girls cannot have Cars themed birthday parties, but rather because she has never shown any interest in cars before. She does not play with cars, she has not […]