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2 brothers and a cat's paw

Damn red power ranger...stay outta my Pepsi!

Tony giving mama a mother's day back rub.

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Step Parenting.

Being a parent is hard.

I know your shocked. 

Something I am realizing more and more is that being a step parent can be way harder.

 

I watch my wife…mother of my youngest son…and marvel at how well she handles him. She may disagree, but I am really amazed at her as a mother. [...]

Swine flu vs. The Wiz

“We’re at places.”

Final dress rehearsal for the production of the Wiz I’m working on at Butler High School. The set is nit quite as finished as I would like. There are some good lighting effects I’ve created. Overall, the show is almost ready for an audience. They will have one the next morning.

“how [...]

Wanna read a book?

I love when he brings you a book, then turns around so you can pick him up and set him in your lap. It’s extremely sweet. And it’s almost the only time he snuggled anymore. What makes it extra nice is when he take a big ole dump while your reading to him. Nothing is [...]

Driving School

67 in a 45. That’s the first ticket I have gotten in 15 years. I was speeding…guilty. I was having an argument with my ex- in my head and late to rehearsal for a show I was directing…but all that aside, I was speeding.

In order to keep the points from going on my [...]

Advice from a preschool teacher

 I thought this was absolutely awesome. I wanted to share.

Preschool Teacher

Okay, tell us the thing you’d never say to our face.If a parent doesn’t follow my directions, I’ll assume her child won’t either. I give parents specific instructions — fill out these forms by this [...]

Why do teenagers drive to school?

Ok, when did I get old? I have come to the conclusion that teens should not drive to school. This is prompted my the fact that Jack and his mom had to put their car in the ditch to avoid being in a multi car incident on the way to school. A teen ager was [...]

First day blues

Jack started the third grade yesterday. It’s hard to believe. We are getting into grades I remember. I remember the morning Jack went to kindergarten. That was the last “first day at school” I had with him. It sucks…I gotta tell you. I remember him standing in the hall way with his back pack, trying [...]

End of school year thoughts

Jack is going into the third grade. We have survived the year with the teacher of doom. His class had the fewest honor roll students of all the 2nd grade classes at his school. During awards day, his class didn’t cheer and yell when their teacher was announced. You would hope the principal was watching. [...]

Ten Surprises for new fathers

Here’s one of my e-mail updates…good info.

Ten surprises of new fatherhood Reviewed by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board

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At some point not long after the baby is born, just about every new father gets hit with a sharp jolt of reality: He’s a dad — with new responsibilities, new pressures, and new [...]

She said what?

My ex- and I get along pretty well. We share in Jack’s needs and wants. There are times we butt heads, usually falling into old patterns that caused the divorce to begin with. At other times, we are a united front. Here’s examples of both…within a 24 hour time period.

I dropped Jack of Sunday [...]