The Big Leg

When Calvin is feeling feisty he will look at me at say, "I want to westle daddy". So I will wrestle around with him which is fun but he has this special move he pulls out when he sees I am down for the count. He will reach around my head grab my nose and yank my head back. I tap out everytime after that move.

Cake

Before Celine went on her 6 day trip to Spain everyone was asking me if I was ready or nervous about Celine being gone, leaving me alone with the kids. I was not nervous because I knew it would be no sweat.

Truthfully the first couple of days were a little difficult because I was really sick and so were the 2 kids, but it was still no big deal. Sure I only got 3 hours of sleep a couple of nights, but I pulled through it and kept the house clean, I mean really clean, and made breakfast, lunch, and dinner everyday.

Once we started feeling better I was even able to bring the kids out to the store which was also easy and no big deal. I will say the hardest thing about being a single, stay at home dad is the boredom. Which is actually beneficial because I was so bored I spent a lot of time cleaning, cooking, and playing games with the kids.

Anyway, being a stay at home dad is cake, and I really don't understand in movies and TV when they make the father a complete fool when it comes to running a household.

Called It!

I should make a list of all my entertainment predictions. I called this one years ago. They are remaking Red Dawn and the new Captain Kirk is going to play the lead it is due out in 2010.

WOLVERINES!!!

MOVE!!!

A few years ago Jimmy Falon had a funny skit on SNL called the "Nick Burns The Computer Guy". Well I ran into the real life version of him at work. I run the movie club, so every Thursday I set the movie up before the kids get there.

This past Thursday the door was locked, so I had to go to the computer guy to get him to open it. He said he would and then started to walk incredibly fast to the conference room where we show the movies. He was taking two steps at a time up the stairs case. I don't know what his rush was but after he opened the door and we both went to the DVD player he grabbed the DVD from my hand and started to set stuff up. It was really annoying because every time I tried to do something like start the movie, fix the volume, or turn on the subtitles he was there literally taking the remote out of my hand and trying to do it.

The real annoying part was this guy had no idea how to use it because he is not the computer guy who usually works with it. I couldn't tell him to bugger off because he didn't really speak English. I guess the moral of the story is the annoying computer guy is not limited to any border.

I bet he wouldn't have treated Jack like that.

King Of The House

Calvin has entered a stage of disobedience. The other day, Celine went to play soccer and left me with the two boys for an hour. No big deal, right? Well, she left and Calvin decided to pull a Hilts on me. I was making cookies and went out to the living room and he was gone. I eventually found him playing with his friends outside.

Then, I put him in his room for a few minutes and started to give Harrison a bath in the sink. Things are going good, and I let Calvin out of his room and he sits on the counter in the bathroom and helps me give Harrison a bath. Then, he picks up Celine's perfume. I told him to put it down and not to touch it. I then turn my attention back to Harrison when I hear a thud and Calvin starts screaming bloody murder. I think he just hit his head, but I shortly realize that he sprayed himself in the eye with the perfume, to which I respond, "I told you not to touch that" He then got to be sprayed in the face with water because I was trying to rinse it out, but I am not sure spraying immense amounts of water in my son's face after having alcohol sprayed in it was the best thing to do.

But I will say - I still go dinner served, the dishes done, bath completed, and most importantly, cookies made, all within an hour. King of the house!

It's a...

You know it is just bad timing when your body decides to sneeze and burp at the same instant. It is worse when you feel both coming on and can't stop it. I was thinking this bizarre phenomenon (that was a hard word to spell) needs a name. Any ideas?

The Charles Bridge In Prague