Category: Parenting
It’s time for a Revolution!
Grab the torches and pitchforks… It’s time for a revolution! Ok, maybe not *that* kind of revolution. (You in the back, please extinguish that torch.) This is a virtual revolution.
For a long time, dads were regarded as parenting jokes. Who’s the guy who’s clueless about everything kid related? Who wouldn’t know what to do with a stinky baby and a fresh diaper? Who would scratch his head over anything cooking related that didn’t involve a microwave, grill or ordering out? Yup, that’s dad! Who’s the guy who drives mom crazy by lounging on the couch in his underpants watching football and drinking beer while she takes care of everything around the house? Dad! Who couldn’t care less about the fact that the kids are climbing on the bookshelf so long as they don’t knock it over until the commercial break? (All together now…) DAD! » Read more
Aloha Friday: Dealing With Strong Emotions
You might not know it from talking to me in person, but I can have some pretty strong emotions. However, over the years, I’ve learned to keep them bottled up. It might not be the healthiest thing to do, but it is what my life experiences taught me to do. Now NHL is showing some of the same strong emotions that I have felt and I’m struggling with teaching him how to manage them. » Read more
Aloha Friday: Teaching Kids About Computers
Computers are very important to me. After all, I work as a webmaster so I’m around computers all day. When I heard that NHL’s school wasn’t *really* teaching him about computers, but only letting them go online to visit some kid-oriented websites, I decided that *someone* had to teach him about computers. After all, computers are important in today’s society. A computer-literate child has more opportunities than a computer-illiterate one. I quickly decided that I should have semi-regular computer lessons with NHL. » Read more
His Royal Pup-Pup Title
JSL has always been a funny kid. He likes pretending that he’s a puppy, even so far as calling himself “JSL Pup-Pup.” He’ll walk around on all fours and lick us. The licking might get annoying, but then he looks at us and says “pup-pup kiss!” in this sweet little voice that makes it impossible to feel annoyed.
Recently, however, it’s gotten a little out of hand. It began with him insisting on being called “JSL Pup-Pup.” I couldn’t just call him JSL. That would lead to a tantrum. Then he decided that he was “Baby JSL Pup-Pup.” Then, considering that he wasn’t exactly a baby, but not wanting to drop that part of his title, expanded to “Baby JSL Pup-Pup, Big JSL Pup-Pup.” During Disney, he added “happy” to the list. No, not just “Happy Baby etc”, but “Baby JSL Pup-Pup, Happy Big JSL Pup-Pup, Big JSL Pup-Pup.” (Not sure why the “big” label needed to be repeated.) This seems to have been temporary, though, because he’s dropped it. Unfortunately, he’s replaced it with a “robot.” Don’t ask me where he heard about robots, but now he’s “Baby JSL Pup-Pup, Big JSL Pup-Pup, Robot JSL Pup-Pup.” Oh yes, and the other day, during a piggy back ride, he declared himself a cowboy also. Luckily here he combined titles.
His full title nowadays seems to be “Baby JSL Pup-Pup, Big JSL Pup-Pup, Robot Cowboy JSL Pup-Pup.” No abbreviations or nicknames (short of his brother calling him “babes”) will do. We must refer to him using the full phrase lest he remind us: “No! Me Baby JSL Pup-Pup. Me Big JSL Pup-Pup. Me Robot Cowboy JSL Pup-Pup!”
Ah, the joys of a two-and-a-half year old! 😉