The silence was broken when I said, “You know, I think the last time we when to Red Lobster you threw up.” A moment of thoughtful silence
“Wow, that date was before child #1. And I have thrown up so many time since then that I had forgotten about that.”
“Well I am glad we are now measuring time in numbers of time you have thrown up.”
Tag Archives: Kids
Our Newest Saint
This is a repost from my wife’s site. At one point I had my own version of these posts, but some how it got lost. I am not going to wait for the recovery of the old site to repost them, and I just don’t have the heart to rewrite them so here you goContinueContinue reading “Our Newest Saint”
Mik Murdoch Review
This morning I interviewed my son Chris, after he read Mik Murdoch. He really enjoyed the book. We hope you enjoy the interview. I apologize for the sound quality my microphone is broken so we had to resort to another one. Listen to the Interview Here You can pre-order a copy of the book here.ContinueContinue reading “Mik Murdoch Review”
Diapers
What a wonderful invention. I Honestly can’t imaging a world before diapers, but it mus have been a lot dirtier and smellier. The more I look into history the more I realized that until the last century, much of the world was probably a much smellier place. We use cloth diapers for a lot ofContinueContinue reading “Diapers”
It is Wednesday and I haven’t posted anything yet
It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me, that I am spread a little thin. What might surprise some of you is that I stress about things like that a lot. A lot of stress is coming from my day job. There is nothing I can do to control that but IContinueContinue reading “It is Wednesday and I haven’t posted anything yet”
Learning Latin
Last week I talked about taking a bigger role in home schooling our children. I started this process by spending some time in the mornings with my older boys. Mostly getting them started on the work that they needed to do, and adding a few things that they needed work on. (Essay writing for example.)ContinueContinue reading “Learning Latin”
Announcement
I have an announcement to make. My wife and I are incredibly excited to announce that baby #10 is on the way. The newest member of the Hite house should be here by the end of the year. I will have more details as the become available. I think this puts us firmly in theContinueContinue reading “Announcement”
Home Schooling Dad?
If you don’t already know, we home school our kids. I use we as a very loose term here because honestly up to this point I have not really had a lot to do with it. To borrow a line from Dr. Ray Guarendi, I will occasional pick up a book. I hope that overContinueContinue reading “Home Schooling Dad?”
I am Dad, and I do not baby sit
Just a quick update. Tonight my lovely wife is taking the evening to spend some time with other moms in our area in the monthly Mom’s night out. They get together and discuss issues of homeschooling, motherhood, and a whole range of other topics. This means that I am home with the kids. But IContinueContinue reading “I am Dad, and I do not baby sit”
Keeping Track
One thing that I have noticed over the years is that the older I get the more I seem to have to keep track of, and the harder that can be at time. Ok I will pause here for you to insert your jokes about me getting old…. Ok out of your system? Good. SoContinueContinue reading “Keeping Track”
The Great Hites 