Marc’s Musings

There’s a great article about Boot Camp for New Dads in TIME Magazine.

The link is: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1812052,00.html

The next one at Inland Hospital is this Saturday, June 21 at 9 a.m.

Cale’s reading the 7th Harry Potter book for the first time.

Today, Dobby died. It was sad for all of us.

Em writes about it at her blog.

More of my three year old’s language. You won’t find these words on the street. But this guide will help you if you ever have the privilege of navigating through our family life.

A “tie-bow” or “bie-toe” isn’t an exercise video. It’s that thing daddy wears around his neck when he goes to the hop-spit-tal.

A “hop-spit-al” is the place where daddy works and the cool helicopter lands.

“Moh-cky and Cheese” is the yellow pasta dish that she helps mommy make. The stuff daddy doesn’t eat even though she thinks it’s so yummy.

If she says “I give you,” you have to figure out what she means by the context. It usually means she forgives you.

I just found this note Cale wrote about a year ago.

Just finishing watching Meet the Robinsons.

When the new family drives off in a 1970’s car. And my 8 year old son shouts, “HEY! That must’ve been in the 1900’s!!! They’re not wearing seatbelts!!!”

I grimace and smile. Em cracks up.

Then he says, “No really. That must’ve been back when you guys were growing up.” (As in way back in the 1900’s.)

I’m not making this up!

Last night while our family was eating hamburgers at 9 p.m. in the hotel lobby bar, Cale and I had this dialogue:

Cale: Vegetarians are really healthy eaters, Dad.

Me: Yep, they are.

[Pause for a bite of burger.]

Cale: But they sure do miss out on a lot of good food.

You know you’re behind on blogs when you go to Google Reader and see that your wife’s blog has 11 unread posts!

Yikes!

Here are some highlights of our family’s enjoyment of the warmth. (We thought it was warm at 50!)

Family picnic (Yep, that snow is still higher than the kids!)

Yard work (Yep, there’s still snow on the ground!)

Cool kids on scooters

First Gifford’s trip

I really love my wife and her writing ability. She’s a great photographer too!

Last night, my 3 year old told me that Jesus said to be nice.

Sof: Do you know why he said to be nice, daddy?

Me: No, why?

Sof: Because everybody has hiccups.

I think that’ll preach. Hope I can find the reference!

Sitting here sipping my Pinot Noir, I’m reflecting on how much I prefer my wine out of a bottle rather than out of the screaming mouth of my three year old.

[Cross posted on Fundraisingcoach.com.]

A week ago tomorrow, I got my first copies of Ask Without Fear!. Caleb even made me a sign!

What a whirlwind of a week!

My kids helped me pack up the 70 or so boxes:

And we finally got them done:

Here’s a link to the rest of the photos.