St. Pats Drinking
For more years than I care to remember, I have been a drinking MACHINE on St. Pats. I worked at Brennan’s Pub for years running the turtle races, and as a result I would drink there – often from 6am until 2am the next day – every single year. This year I ended up with […]
Sydney’s broken finger
Her first broken bone. Hopefully her last. Playing basketball at school, and her tiny, fragile little finger got hit end-on with the ball. Ouch. Hurt bad, and black and blue. Doctor put it in splint. Then she went to another guy who put it in a pink cast. For a month. Pictures on the Flickr […]
My daughter is smart
And in some cases, smarter than I. At dinner tonight, while discussing how important math is, she said “Yes – I know. I do a lot of math. Do YOU even know about AVERAGES?” I laughed. I’m in the programming business. I know all ABOUT averages. She proceeds to write out a list of 10 […]
Courage at the D-Land
Took Sydney to Disneyland – our Xmas tradition with the Chidachis – this week. Stayed in the hotel, ate at Blue Bayou and Goofy’s Kitchen (some fine fare there) and generally had a fantastic time with my favorite person in the world. Th eonly two rides whe hadn’t been on were the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, […]
Sydney’s Birthday
Tomorrow marks 9 years of my being a father. If you don’t have a child, you must think the phrase “They grow up so fast” is the biggest cliche’ of all time. Well, yes. But it’s true. I’m telling you – she was learning to walk YESTERDAY, and now she is asking when she can […]
Sydney at Disneyland
Sydney danced again at Disneyland today – just like last year. It was great of course, and she did a great job in a more supporting role. Her Alice role will be her big one this year. 🙂 She got such a spectacular report card this quarter, that I decided to take her to New […]
Sydney = Alice
Meant to post about this before, but only getting to it now. Sydney auditioned at her dance school for a part in “Alice in Wonderland”. It was a general audition, so I was really excited when she got called back for a second, tougher audition. I felt like it was unlikely that she’d get any […]
My baby
I just stood in my hallway and listened to my 7.5 year old (the .5 is CRUCIAL when you are 7) have a conversation with Sierra – one of her friends from school. All at once I was amused, amazed, and sad. She sounded SO grown up, SO intelligent, and SO political. Yes – political. […]