Clara, last night: “Daddy, do you know what the best part of Halloween is?” “No, Clara, what’s that?” “The part where the candy goes into your bucket.” She confirmed that she likes that part even better than the part where you actually eat the candy. I have to say I agree.
A Zen monastery isn’t the kind of destination you’d typically think of taking the family on vacation, but that’s what we did this summer. I got up very early one morning in late June, shoveled the 18 year old and the 12 year old into the car, along with some basic camping gear, and drove […]
This year I took the kids shopping with me on Christmas Eve. I gave them $60 each: A twenty to buy a present for their mom, a twenty to buy a present for their sibling, and a twenty to buy some stocking stuffers for the other three members of the family. “You’re going to help play […]
