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My new babysitting gig… part 2…

Posted on December 8, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Okay, that might be the best picture I ever took… Olivia is all like: Dude… really… another picture… seriously? And that one is a close second. In that one, I was trying to do a: Awwww… how cute is she, … Continue reading →

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My new babysitting gig… part 1…

Posted on December 8, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I forgot how much fun it was being a stay-at-home-dad… way back before it was cool… and the other dads used to make fun of me. I get to do this for at least 4 more days… YAY! Me and … Continue reading →

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How to make a kid’s first birthday party all about me… I mean, not the actual party, but this blog post about the party… because this blog is my party… and… so… uh… oh, just read the post, it has pictures of a cute kid in it…

Posted on December 6, 2015 by pouringmyartout

So that’s Olivia, and she turned one, and I was at her party… what? No… not the hairy one, that is my friend, Joey, Olivia’s dad… who was my wife’s friend back in high school… and her and him… oh, … Continue reading →

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I went to an awesome party today!!!

Posted on December 5, 2015 by pouringmyartout

My little buddy, Olivia, turned one! The thing is… and this is a ‘thing’ that is almost unheard of… but she wasn’t interested in that cupcake at all. Oh, she poked it a few times. And she checked it out … Continue reading →

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One last Thanksgiving treat…

Posted on December 4, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Look who stopped by our house after we got back from our camping trip. It is little Olivia! Some of you probably remember her. She is the daughter of a friend of my wife from back in the day. That … Continue reading →

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Oh, and my youngest kid is learning how to drive…

Posted on December 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

There she is, in the moments before she first made a car move all on her own… I know, she looks just like me, right? And she doesn’t even look nervous. And there she goes. We were at the campground … Continue reading →

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I am going to quit pretending I am ever going to be a famous writer, and start asking: “Do you want fries with that?”

Posted on November 3, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I am, I have to say, crushed… filled with self-doubt… and also with an anger that I don’t know whether to aim at myself or in a more outward direction. You know the post I did the other day, the one where … Continue reading →

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Those moments when you realize that your kids are growing up… and so are you…

Posted on November 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

If you are a parent, you have those moments when it suddenly strikes you that your kids are growing up… like that moment when your 16-year-old daughter casually mentions that this common household object… …looks like a uterus… I hadn’t even … Continue reading →

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Some of my ideas are good… (or); Yes, I am smarter than little children…

Posted on November 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Back when Mollie was still in elementary school, I used to show up early to pick her up because traffic was so bad. This meant that I spent fifteen or twenty minutes just hanging around and waiting. I did not … Continue reading →

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My new children’s book is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on October 10, 2015 by pouringmyartout

 I just got my first copy. There is one small formatting error, which I should have fixed this weekend… It even has a back cover… wait… I just noticed that the sun on the fence makes it look like it … Continue reading →

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