A year ago when Thomas started preschool he became part of a dinosaur loving triumvirate. Thomas, Jesse and Matthew did everything together. They ate lunch together, napped next to each other and, of course, played dinosaurs together. They were three horns on the same Triceratops.
A few weeks ago, Thomas and I were changing into our [...]
Author Archives: Ben
Old Friends
Picking Up
I’m on an early train today so I can pick up the kids. Usually Liz gets them and then swings by the train station to get me before we all head home together. Today Liz is visiting her family in Santa Cruz.
Liz’s mom left the hospital about four weeks ago after an eleven week stay. [...]
What’s Happening?
Work. Stressful, frantic, hard work.
Kids. Small, busy, beautiful kids.
And life. Life is happening all over the place. Including a spectacular kick in the teeth, like life can only give it. My mother-in-law is sick. In intensive care. For five weeks now. You know that oil spill thing? Seems like forever now, doesn’t it? She doesn’t [...]
“Stick Stick” A Poem by Golden Boy
T-rex eating a snack watching tv
and slipping to dance with the frog.
Boo-ya!
And nothing but cheetos
on the frog’s crown
and cheetos eating themselves.
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Stick.
Stick who?
Stick again.
Thomas likes to whisper crazy things to Liz and I to text to each other. I received this as a message tonight.
It’s All Fun and Games
In Golden Boy Swears I mentioned that Thomas and I have taken up wrestling as part of his nightly routine. I’m fairly certain that this new activity was prompted by Thomas, although I can’t be entirely sure. Regardless, it’s interesting because most of the time Thomas is a very sweet and loving boy. (Except [...]
It Was Time
It’s such a minor thing, really. All I did was swap out one background image for another. Oh, and I tweaked a few color settings.
Caroline, in her purple pajamas, with the purple peep, is there for a reason. So it’s still there. Probably always will be.
Anyway, it was time. For me.
Thomas and Charlotte
I suppose it’s theoretically possible that you have 1) not read Charlotte’s Web and 2) don’t want the plot spoiled, so I will warn you now, I give away the major plot elements of the book in this post. So go somewhere else. Maybe you can go buy the book.
We first tried to [...]
Loose Ends
It occurred to me, as I was writing my last post that I’ve been sharing quite a bit about my life here on this blog. Which is fine. But I think I may have left you hanging on a few occasions. So I thought I would use a post here to tie up some loose [...]
Naked and Frustrated
“I’m sorry I yelled at you,” I said to Liz standing there in nothing but my underwear.
I’m always loud. Nearly always obnoxious. But I’m not a yeller. It doesn’t happen often, me yelling uncontrollably. When I yell it’s usually because I’m stuck in a stressful situation with no hope of resolution. As the stress [...]
Happy, Indeed
It’s no secret that I hold a special place in my heart for Maddie Spohr. The current design of this website and the post I wrote on her birthday are testaments to that fact.
It’s also no secret that in Thomas, Liz and I have a very astute and observant little boy. He is truly the [...]
