On August 26, Jenny’s sister Katy and brother-in-law Eric welcomed their first child, Ethan Edward. Mom and son are doing well. He packed 8lb 15oz into his 20″ frame and has tons of dark hair like his daddy. Welcome to Earth, Ethan! Pics of Ethan
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Thoughts on Garage Sales
We are planning a garage sale for Friday and Saturday. If you’re into that sort of thing, come on over and clean us out. This should be a decent sale. Along with us, Jenny’s parents and sister and some of our friends are selling furniture, light fixtures, clothes, baby stuff, and other assorted things. Some [...]
The Choice is Yours, Brenden
One of the tenets of Love and Logic is choice. Instead of giving your child orders all the time and waging a continual war of wills, you can give your child a choice between two acceptable options. Giving him choices does several things: It gives him a sense of ownership of the issue and teaches [...]
Snip Snip, aka Shootin’ Blanks
UPDATE: The surgery went well. As promised, it took 5-10 minutes and caused only minor discomfort. I went to work as planned without taking anything stronger than ibuprofen for pain. In the interest of taste, I’ll spare you the other details, but I’ll tell you all you want to know if you’re really interested. Thank [...]
Daddy Day
I promised Jenny that on one day each month, I would watch the boys all day so she could sleep, relax, shop, play, or do anything else she wanted to do. It’s kinda like the old Southwest program called “Walk-A-Mile” in which pilots would throw bags on the ramp and accountants would sit with dispatchers [...]
Love and Logic
Although Jenny and I spend a lot of time with our boys, we aren’t always sure about the best way to parent them. We want to teach them right from wrong, how to obey, how to share, and how to treat people with love. We want to set fair boundaries and clear, effective consequences for [...]














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