Nobody Listens Anyway

Aubrey lost a tooth a couple of weeks ago. It was loose. We were eating dinner. She wanted an apple. I gave it to her. She took one bite and disappeared into the bathroom. We figured - you know, natured called. She didn’t come back. Callie found [...]

Yesterday, my daughter, out of the blue, told her sunday school teacher, “I’m so bored I could fall asleep.” We told her that she shouldn’t say things like that to her teachers - she is going to kindergarten in the fall so we need to teach her stuff like that.
The irony is she didn’t [...]

I have three daughters two are twins. Aubrey is the one that does what she is supposed to. Any time there is a reward system she gets the most of whatever it is. Currently, we are giving stars to the kids and when they fill up a chart they get to do [...]

For years people have asked us a question that drives my wife crazy, “are they twins?” This is of course the question that people use as a conversation starter. Having kids that look alike is like having the perfect coffee table conversation piece only better - they travel with you. Total strangers [...]

So my wife bought my daughters some simple math books. They have add and subtract etc in them. Callie came upon Alyssa, she is 5, working in one of the books for fun and was happy to see she had made it through the simple problems with ease. We haven’t spent much [...]

Have a Merry Christmas. My kids learned to read today (the 24th
actually. I am just up really late, again) - at least they
started down the right path. It’s not due to any effort on our
part. They were in the tub and started sounding out the foam
letters on the shower surround. [...]