tom | May 11, 2008
Ben woke up ~10am and seemed to be feeling much better so we coordinated with Kerri to hookup at the Monorail entrance in Downtown Disney. By the time we got into the park he was like a new boy (we should have gone on the Pinocchio ride first!). Lines were short so we got through [...]
tom | May 11, 2008
I’m sitting here in the Paradise Pier Hotel at Disneyland in SoCal for our Mother’s Day weekend. We got down here Saturday evening so we could wake up fresh and head straight to the park this morning. Last night we bummed around Downtown Disney for a while and ate dinner at the Rainforest Cafe followed [...]
tom | October 9, 2007
I’ve not posted in a very long time, mostly because I’ve been too busy but also because I’ve not had that “fire” for a while. Today my daughter stoked the coals a bit by a simple (but still remarkable) gesture. She got her hair cut in order to donate to other kids who may have [...]
tom | June 30, 2007
I forgot about a couple of simple yet cool things I noticed while in San Diego. Many parents may already know about these bits but they were new to me, so here goes: 1. There was a group of kids at Lego Land that were all part of a birthday party. They were all wearing [...]
tom | June 30, 2007
Our vacation this year was to be rather short and not too far from home. We traveled all the way from Thousand Oaks to Carlsbad (appx 2.5 hour drive) where our hotel was located and ventured as far as San Diego proper for one of our outings. Our hotel accommodations were nice enough; A two [...]
tom | June 10, 2007
I’m awfully late on this and because of it I’m sure I’ll be missing some really good details due to memory failure. Abby, Ben and myself were the first ones to arrive at Lake Piru (the first time we’ve held the annual event at this location) so I grabbed the keys to the group campsite [...]
tom | June 3, 2007
Got back ~5:30pm, fed the kids and got the truck unloaded. I’m going through mail (since there was zero connectivity at the lake) and will crash before too long. I’ll post more regarding the details tomorrow… there was so much good stuff and I’m sure you’ll all be holding your breath in anticipation for my [...]
tom | May 17, 2007
Ben has been making his way into our room several times per night lately and it seems like a dangerous proposition. When something startles me at 3am I don’t just slowly lift my head to see what’s going on; I sorta kick my legs and feet forward to thrust my torso into an upright position. [...]
tom | April 28, 2007
Prepare yourself for a meat-filled rant that is guaranteed to knock your socks off! Or maybe it’s Tofu. Yeah yeah, if you’re a Veggie, I made this from Tofu and if you’re a carnivore, this is blood-red meat-filled goodness baby. Well, it’s good stuff, okay? Alright!, it’s marginal and it’s rooted solely in baseless opinion. [...]
tom | April 28, 2007
I’m not talking about web hosting (though maybe one day I’ll discuss that too), I’m talking about a “host” as in having folks over to your house. Parenting can be a really good start. Let’s face it, you get lots of practice asking kids if they’d like something to eat or drink. You even ask [...]
