Posts Tagged ‘kids’

New Blue Belt
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
It’s been 11 months since I first earned my blue belt and left my son in the dust, but he’s finally earned his new rank and he’s wearing it proudly. Friday night he didn’t even want to take it off, as if he were treating it like a new black [...]

I’m embarking on a road trip that will include about 12 hours of actual driving time with three young children.
I’m either really brave or totally insane. (To some of you, there’s no question.)
I’ve already been asked if there’s some mysterious agenda bringing the Four Horsemen together for the second time in a month. This is [...]

The Wife handed me a nice, big chunk of my ass again today.
Yes, again. I have a bad habit of forgetting what the rugrats should and shouldn’t be watching, and I have yet to live down a two-week streak of nightmares the Midget had when he was two. Nightmares caused by a viewing of the [...]

Li’l Frank Booth
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.

Poor Squirt. The doc put him on a nebulizer to treat a respiratory infection, so he gets to wear this mask three times a day.
Of course, the first thing I thought of was Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet. I tried to get him to say “I can hear your freakin’ [...]

Brooding
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.

I’ve become more and more impressed with the MacBook I’ve been evaluating. Between reader comments and the things an Apple rep has showed me, I’m starting to really see the appeal of OS X.
The much-touted ease of use is really there. With no more instruction than “click here and here,” my son [...]

I’ve come to a compromise with the holidays: I’m still not a big fan, but it is cool to experience it through my kids.
Someone once asked if I felt guilty letting the kids believe Santa exists. I thought about it for a second or two, and realized no, I don’t. If I’m okay with convincing [...]

I’d never heard of Darda cars before the boys opened their gift from their aunt and uncle, but we killed most of the day reconfiguring the track to see what new feats the cars could accomplish.
I was skeptical when I saw all the loops on the box. The standard die-cast brands have the same thing, [...]

…it probably wasn’t a good idea to tell the children they’re just going to have to deal with the monsters in the room on their own because they broke their cow flashlight.

In Shuri-ryu’s version of the Wansu kata, there are three points where the karateka delivers a backfist punch to the opponent’s groin. Specifically, the sequence is a block, a punch, a simultaneous block and punch, followed by said backfist. I like to break down my kata and apply a memory aid to make it easier [...]

CNN has a timely Parenting article about what scares children and how to handle it. It’s not bad reading, and a lot of it rings true to my own experiences. But what they really need is a little more specific advice for dads.
Some examples:

A recycler I visit is right across the street from a cemetery. [...]