This was an all-kids-movies-all-the-time weekend, with multiple viewings of Wallace and Gromit (now available at Netflix.com) and an actual movie theatre experience to see Curious George. Curious George is recommended by Common Sense Media, which I've recommended before as a good source for "family-friendly" reviews. Wallace and Gromit has not yet been reviewed by … [Read more...] about Wallace and Gromit and Curious George reviewed
Archives for March 2006
Another daddy bites the dust
Being Daddy is closing shop, because Brian Cassidy has decided that since his daughter is four, "she deserves to grow up with her privacy intact." It was fun while it lasted. Funny thing is that at about two, or a tad less, is when dads usually get more involved with their kids. The kids themselves start talking and finally give dad back a bit the attention they have … [Read more...] about Another daddy bites the dust
I’d like to thank my mom for my Oscar…
You may have been struck by how many actors, directors, special effects experts, and costume designers thanked their mother on Sunday night for putting them on the right track to an Academy Award. One guy thanked his mom, but recalled she asked, "So you're sure you don't want to be doctor?" Did you wonder why dads didn't get as many (or any?) thanks Sunday night? My theory … [Read more...] about I’d like to thank my mom for my Oscar…
Macaronic
I’m riding my Fulbright Scholar wife’s coattails around Southern Italy with our three-year-old son, who’s gotten into the Old World spirit by becoming possessed by demons. Laura, my wife, blames the boy’s hellish behavior—dub “The Bad Seed” and substitute Primigi boots for patent-leather Mary Janes—on the time difference and intemperate weather. But the village priest and I … [Read more...] about Macaronic
Planning major travel with kids
We made a promise to our kids that when they reached their twelfth birthdays, my wife and I would take them any place in the world they wished to go. We called the program "Twelve and Travel." There were several pre-conditions to the travel. The first one was, we had to be notified of the choice at least 12 months before the birthdate and there had to be some kind of … [Read more...] about Planning major travel with kids