It was our first Halloween with three munchkins, and though Mason is still a bit young to trick or treat, we still dragged him along for the ride, in full costume. Mase was "Silly Bones," a babified skeleton that for some reason featured a white tuxedo jacket. Jenna ... [click to continue]

I just did the single most difficult thing I've done in my entire life. I told my son that his Mamaw passed away. Riley is 4 and just starting to understand the word "die." To him, it's a word that relates to video games, where dying ... [click to continue]

My blog is entered in the "Top 50 Indiana Blogs" contest at http://top50indianablogs.com/. If you read this blog and enjoy it, please mosey on over and give it a vote. The blog is listed under "Parent Click" and is currently on the second page of the site (which means you'll ... [click to continue]

Thus far I've shied away from the darker side of being a parent, but that ends here. As I write this there are three monkeys swinging around my office behind me, climbing on their desk (a fully nude Jenna is standing on the plastic desk, jumping up and down). I ... [click to continue]

One of the craziest things about being a parent is that you never know when you'll have a moment to bond with a child. In some ways I feel like I haven't had a whole lot of time alone with Mason, our 9-month-old. When he was born, I was as ... [click to continue]