Category:Fatherhood

Today we signed Jacob for T-Ball with Alderwood Softball Association. It’s the second organized baseball we’ve scheduled for Jacob this summer. Luckily they have very little overlap so it shouldn’t be to hard to schedule them. After signing him up and grabbing dinner we popped into SportChek and picked out a batting helmet and new Glove. I’m …
Continue reading POD: Getting ready to Play Ball

This week Jacob’s school is having a different theme every day, today’s was Crazy Hats. The kids were encouraged to design and wear the craziest hats they could think of. So Mommy and Jacob took some of his bug stickers and decorated his army helmet I think it turned out pretty good.

With Jacob soon to be signed up for 2 separate seasons of T-Ball I thought it would be a good idea to start getting him used to different aspects of the game. So after dinner we went out and set up his T and I let him take a few swings. It was fun to …
Continue reading POD: Batting Practice

Today was my day to work from home, so when 3:20 PM came by Violet and I headed out to get Jacob from school. While getting ready I asked if she wanted to ware, Jacket or Sweater? She said sweater and as soon as she had it on her hands were in the pockets and …
Continue reading POD: Picking up Jacob

After struggling to get Jacob to give up his Susu Melissa came up with a great idea. If he went 14 nights without one he’d get to pick a toy out from Toys’r’us. Each morning he’d get a sticker and we’d paste it to a chart we kept on the fridge. It worked great, though …
Continue reading POD: Bed Time Chart

Today after dinner I took the kids to the park. Our picture to-day is of Jacob pushing Violet on the swing. I think it’s one of her favourite things to do at the big park near our house. Of course she also took the time at the park to show me just how much of …
Continue reading POD: Helping Hand

Friday is swimming day, an activity both kids are really enjoying. The way the classes works out both start at the same time, but Violet’s is only 15 minutes and Jacob’s is 30 minutes, so Mommy and Violet are usually waiting in the hall for me and Jacob. It seems our little violet has taken …
Continue reading POD: Key Daddy?

Our picture today is of Jacob during his pre-bedtime routine. As he’s gotten older he’s taken over more of the routine on his own.

We don’t usually let Jacob play with Toy Guns, but today after dinner, he was outside playing with one of his friends who’d brought out a couple of his. Watching him played brought back memories of my youth and I couldn’t help but think my little guy is growing up.

For dinner tonight we had home-made pizza. The kids got really excited helping to make it, from shredding cheese to spreading the sauce. They were so excited that after we put it in the oven they pulled their chairs up to watch it cook.