Blame it on the big kids
Jul 23rd, 2008 | By Chuck
The last couple of weeks found me walking in the door to a mixture of gun fire and children screaming. Not real guns mind you, but those found at the end of a child’s wrist looking astonishingly enough like their hand. I casually dismissed this the first few times.
“We don’t play with real, or [...]
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About: D is for Dad
Our hope is our cumulative effort will provide some good content, from different voices, around what it means to be dad. The moments when we revel in the joy and success of our kids, as well as those times we are just trying to keep them from hating us.
There will also be posts on other dad or parenting related items such as websites, books, music, movies and anything else that seems to fit. We guys are pretty good at beating a square peg through a round hole when necessary. Keep this in mind if you come across something that doesn't quite fit.
If you find anything comment worthy it would be nice to hear from you. It is always good to know we aren't falling on our faces alone.
Chuck
Chuck is the father of four great kids. The oldest are a boy age sixteen and a girl age twelve. The youngest are two more girls ages three and one. The oldest two are from a previous marriage, and do not live with Chuck, and the youngest two from his current and last marriage.
Chuck has been happily married for the past nine years and can honestly say that he likes his wife as much as he loves her, which is quite a bit in case you were wondering.
During the day Chuck holds down a management gig in the technology department for a large U.S. steel company.
Mike
Michael is the father of 3. His eldest, Daughter#1, is from a previous marriage and lives with her mother. She is a Sophomore in High School. Son#1 is 8 and is in Second Grade. The new addition to the family is a little baby girl, Daughter#2.
Michael has been married to his current wife for 8 years, but they've been together for 14 great years. She is a wonderful mother not only to Son#1, and Daughter#2, but to Daughter#1 as well.
Interests and credentials include being a Big Kid - because it makes it easier to relate to the kids, a Den Leader at his son's Scout Pack, a Tinkerer - because he has plans of taking over the world someday, and he poses as a Web Developer in the daytime.
Michael still watches Saturday morning cartoons. It's a great time to just quietly cuddle with his kids.
Scott
Scott is a father of three and has been married for 18 years and has been in love with her for a lot longer than that. He has two boys ages 9 and 11 and one daughter age 13.
Scott can often be heard saying that being a dad is the best job in the world. What other kind of jobs are paid in hugs?
Scott works for a large midwest steel distributor as training coordinator and truly like what he does (what is wrong with this guy)?
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Do your kids like you?
Jul 21st, 2008 | By Chuck
The other day I was looking through some old school work my three year old daughter had completed. We like ...
No good deed
Jul 16th, 2008 | By Chuck
We try to teach our children right from wrong. Really we do. We also like to sit back and see ...
How to punish good parents
Jul 14th, 2008 | By Chuck
I’m not terribly fond of people and when they are presented in large hoards my tolerance wanes even more. Maybe ...
Par for the course
Jul 11th, 2008 | By Mike
Whew, what a weekend. I took several days off and went camping with my son and his Cub Scout troop. ...
Something in the water?
Jul 9th, 2008 | By Chuck
I believe I’ve mentioned before that I come from a family of six. There are four siblings from my mothers ...
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Polar bears prefer milkshakes Jul 7th, 2008 | By Chuck
Our household is not unlike most others with small children in that when evening comes the bedtime ritual kicks in. Our girl have a pretty strict bedtime that lands them in bed by 8:30 PM.
The ritual actually starts right after dinner and, depending on the evening, begins with bath time followed by pajamas and then [...]
Those things that shape you Jun 29th, 2008 | By Chuck
When my oldest kids were twelve and eight we lived in very small house in the city. We were a few blocks from a small local grocer on a very busy road. We used to walk the streets that crossed through the neighborhood pretty often and it was only a matter of time before my [...]
Time Jun 28th, 2008 | By Chuck
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life [...]
The Shyster Jun 23rd, 2008 | By Mike
Nine months have come and gone in the blink of an eye. Our brand new addition has become one big, sturdy, rolly-polly bundle of sweetness. She seems to come up with some new antics that keep the grownups around her entertained and enthralled.
Recently, the little baby learned how to make smooching noises, not unlike the [...]
A lesson in communication Jun 20th, 2008 | By Chuck
This past week in the office has been a harrowing one. Much of this has to do with the fact that I will be away on business the coming Monday and Tuesday which means stuffing as much into the week as possible. The other reason is due to communicating (or trying to) with various executives [...]
10 years down… 60 to go Jun 14th, 2008 | By Chuck
Ten short years ago, on June 13th 1998, my wife and I wed. There were so many people back then that thought we wouldn’t make it. They figured she would wise up to the fact that she was marrying a guy six years her senior with two children and one divorce already clouding his vision.
I [...]
