Stay @ Home Dads: When the Moms are Away





When the moms hit the outlets, the dads put the kids out to pasture. Here are some shots from their visit to the Lawton Stables and Petting Zoo. Yee Haw!

We don't have any footage of Pat off-roading in the Pilot to beat the crowds... which is probably for the best.

Golfing/Girls Gone Wild: Black Friday at the Beach






David makes it a point to golf every ten years. And what do you know... his moment arrived in time for Poppa to take all the boys golfing. The women-folk corralled all the wee ones at the Sandbox children's museum on Hilton Head. Here you'll see Elsie and Bryce engaging in all of the crafting deemed too messy or dangerous for home--Elsie cut her hair with her child safety scissors at home and glitter is outlawed on 64th street for obvious reasons. The big kids also flew a plane, steered a pirate ship, performed a puppet show, and literally, climbed the walls. The baby area was just right for the babies and everyone worked up an appetite for our favorite cantina Amigo's after.

Finally Frosty

Jesus is Next



Brooke much preferred Jesus to Ho Ho. Kit can do without either. Elsie was providing us all with valuable spiritual instruction. Last night she informed me that Baby Jesus rides in Ho Ho's sleigh with the Elf on the Shelf. This evening's bedtime story will involve Rudolph and Pegasus pulling said sleigh.

Ho Ho IV: Tad's Turn

Ho Ho III: And Brooke and Bryce and Barbara!

Ho Ho II: Kit's Turn

Ho Ho I: The Toddler Edition

Last year, Elsie was scared of Ho Ho: this year she is desperate to tell him all of the things she wants. She got to see him at South Beach last Friday and here she is with two of her favorite big guys, Ho Ho and her cousin.

Chariots of Fire III: The Race(s)
















Don't you wish running was always this fun?

Chariots of Fire II: Meet the Racers

Chariots of Fire I: Stretching

Barbara and I ran a Turkey Trot Thanksgiving morning, and afterward we designed our own Toddler Turkey Trot at home. It was so popular with our Toddlers that we had to rerun the race dozens of times, which was fine by us--with visions of long naps dancing in our heads!