December 14, 2016: Christopher’s Day at the Magic Kingdom

Between enduring a really long (and yummy) dinner and an equally long (and awesome) fireworks show, we recognized that yesterday didn’t really have much for Christopher and he ended up spending a lot of the day strapped into his stroller, so today we wanted to make sure we had some things that he could enjoy…

November 19, 2016: Quelling Construction Frustration

In a way, it’s really neat to see Christopher more actively playing with his Duplos as of late because right now he seems to love building these gigantic towers out of the plain 2×2 bricks with just as many of them as he can find! However at the same time, more often than not it…

November 15, 2016: Happiness Is … Always Having a Dry Towel Handy

Maybe Douglas Adams was right – you never leave home without your towel. This cool fountain is in Downtown Tampa at Curtis Hixon Park and regardless of the time, or temperature, of day, I don’t think I’ve ever seen people not playing and running through it and just having a great time! I was reminded of this after seeing a random…

August 25, 2016: Happy Birthday #36

It’s kind of weird going to Disney World without my wife … pretty much because aside from maybe once or twice, we’ve been going together for upwards of 10 years now, ever since our second date that we shared over at Epcot on April 22nd, 2006! Funny how that date I can remember like the back of my hand, yet I…

May 3, 2016: Piggy Banks Are So 1985…

Tonight I pillaged my son’s piggy bank – because it’s not like he needs the money, anyways. Best case scenario, he ends up putting the coins up his nose, and needless to say I have no desire to have that hospital adventure anytime soon! Besides, I guess that moving them from one place of his to another isn’t really stealing when it…

Apr 25, 2016: Reading Is Fundamental

This is one scene around the house that I never get tired of seeing! Even if he isn’t really so much as talking yet, Christopher seems to love flipping through books, whether they’re these big picture books meant to help him learn words or even just regular story books. I was always very much into reading growing up, so…

Mar 26, 2016: Boy Builder

It’s good to be the birthday boy! Christopher got so many Duplos for his birthday – I think we’re going to be building trains and rocket ships and wildlife refuges for the next year! Though granted for now we seem to just be getting really good at building gigantic towers… In fact, I started building a few…

Mar 25, 2016: Life is Like a Boat

Sometimes things manage to stay remarkably on course, and sometimes the lady in front of you does a 180 and runs into your boat head-on while also blocking the entire waterway for ancillary boaters even further upstream… So today is Christopher’s 2nd birthday! We’re actually breaking up the festivities over several days – yesterday was…