When Heather was a little girl her mother gave her a ceramic piggy bank with “For my Trip To The Moon” emblazoned on the side. Heather loved this piggy bank (as only a kid can love a piggy bank), and believed that if she could only save enough coins she really would be able to…
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Before She Was Pam
May 21st, 2013Comments: 17
Since last week was the finale of “The Office,” it seems like a good time to tell you about how Jenna Fischer (“Pam”) was almost in an independent movie I made back in the day. Actually, I can do even better than tell you… I can show you! Let me backtrack a bit first. After…
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Heather’s nesting gene may be faulty, but mine most definitely isn’t. Though Heather’s known for a while that I’ve wanted to rent a dumpster to de-clutter our home before the baby came, I think she’d firmly placed that in the “yeah, right” category. Well, she never should have doubted me, because right now there’s a…
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Mother’s Day Masterpiece
May 14th, 2013Comments: 9
I spent a few days fretting over what Annie and I should get Heather for Mother’s Day until I remembered that the thing Heather longed for wasn’t jewelry or a spa day, but a present made by Annie herself. Since Annie is just three, I wasn’t exactly sure what she could make until I remembered…
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Delivery Men
May 9th, 2013Comments: 19
Fathers-to-be have evolved a lot over the years. In my grandfather’s generation, men hung out in the waiting room with a bottle of scotch and some cigars, and never thought for a minute they should be in the delivery room supporting their wives. As bad as that sounds by modern standards, there were worse fathers-to-be…
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Let’s Be Friends
May 7th, 2013Comments: 30
When I was a kid I was perfectly happy to play by myself. I wasn’t a kid who needed friends, but it’s quickly becoming clear that Annie is. Annie longs for friends, but as the only child at home (for now), she spends most of her time with adults. This means that when Annie is…
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Baby Month
May 2nd, 2013Comments: 15
Yesterday was May 1st which means that – holy crap – we’re going to have a baby this month. It’s definitely time to tie up any loose ends like getting rid of clutter in our house and, oh yeah, finally naming the kid. In addition to that, though, it’s also important to have as much…
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Annie Presents Cinderella
April 30th, 2013Comments: 5
As I mentioned recently, Annie loves to play pretend in our backyard. Her favorite thing to pretend is that we’re in “Jack and The Beanstalk” (in Annie’s version Jack has a sister named Annabel), but yesterday she decided we were going to play “Cinderella.” Of course, Annie being Annie, she had her own twist on…
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