This coming Fourth of July my little boy turns three. He is insightful and funny and as time goes on we've been working to introduce more concepts to him. One that we simply haven't gotten to yet is the question of religion. At what age is a child capable of grasping the concept of God? How do you go about introducing the concept of a benevolent divine being who is out there some where? Read the Full Article

It is the end of the school year and children are moving on to the next stages of their lives. As the father of a two year old, you wouldn't think that would mean too much to me. Surprisingly it does.

Yesterday was officially Caleb's last day as a 'Starlight'. I was there because the two year old classroom was going on a field trip to a splash pool and Alyson couldn't make it. Today the teachers are all in the daycare cleaning up and on Monday Caleb will start his new career as a 'Friendly Frog' which will last him until he leaves school and goes on to Kindergarten at the age of five. Read the Full Article

I've been in a social kind of mood lately. I've been making... or at least trying to make.. a bunch of new friends on the internet. Specifically on the blogosphere.

In the interest being social, here is an internet Meme that has been going around. Ten things that make me happy. Read the Full Article

It all started with our parent teach conference which I discussed here. Apparently that afternoon Caleb discovered the whiteboard in the older kid's classroom. He's been enamored of it since. Read the Full Article

Pre-publishing is always something of a risk but as of this writing the plan is to be in Winters, California celebrating the recently married couple. We should have spent the week in San Francisco and seeing the sights. There'll have been a rehearsal dinner in there somewhere. The plan is for Alyson and I to read 'i carry your heart with me' by ee cummings at the wedding.

i carry your heart with me

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
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Earlier this week, Alyson and I took off work for a little bit in the middle of the day. We had (really good) sushi for lunch and then headed over to the daycare during nap time to have our very first parent/teacher conference. We were not shocked by anything we heard but there were a few things that came into clearer focus when hearing it from someone else. Read the Full Article

Happy Holidays to our Friends and Family,

For at least as long as I've been writing these letters, Alyson and I have had a plan – every other year we put up our artificial tree and go to Massachusetts for the holidays, but on the opposite years we stay in Maryland and get ourselves a real tree. As I write this letter, I am fretting over our tree as it isn't drinking enough water. What are we going to do if it doesn't start? I am, however, looking forward to a nice quiet Christmas at home this year. Read the Full Article

Originally this post was going to be "How I spent my summer vacation" but things change.

Let me start by spoiling the ending of this story for you: Alyson broke her leg so badly that it required surgery.

Now back to the beginning. The plan was a long weekend at the beach. Thursday evening we left work to go to the luau they were holding at Caleb's daycare to celebrate the end of the season. The daycare was closed Friday for cleaning/preparing for next semester so we thought it was the perfect time to head out. Read the Full Article

Earlier this month, Caleb turned 2 years old. Being the new-ish dad that I am it has taken some time to really wrap my head around what this event means to him, to me, to us as a family. People said to me that getting married would 'change everything'. It didn't. Becoming a father did. Read the Full Article