“I have to go peepee, Daddy!” Those can be the 6 most annoying words in the English language, when said at the right time. It’s usually when you’re out at a restaurant and the food has just arrived. Or when you’re driving in the car and home is about 15 minutes away. Good parents are […]
We had 2 showings yesterday. We usually go to Little Pub when we have showings; it’s the best restaurant ever and very kid-friendly. But yesterday the showings were at 11 and 3, so not the ideal times for Little Pub (it doesn’t open until 11:30). We went to Orem’s instead and got waffles and grilled […]
Is my beard my mid-life crisis? Is this it? Or at least how it starts? Like now that I’ve taken step one, I can just go off the handle, buy a chainsaw motorcycle, and start smoking joints that I buy from some teenage neighbor? Pre and post beard. You can easily see the difference.
We named my 3rd son Samuel Ernest Herbert. There is a special magic in choosing the name of your child. He’ll be stuck with his name for the rest of his life. You want to pick a strong name, and you want it to mean something. You want him to stand out from the crowd […]
He came 6 hours before the scheduled C-section. My wife went into labor around midnight, so we got in the car and ran every traffic light between Wilton and Stamford Hospital. I pulled the car up at the maternity ward’s front entrance and just left it there with the keys in it. We rushed inside […]