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Pockets and Blocks

This morning I watched the boys while Brad drove Dawn to the oral surgeon. I pretty much wear cargo pants exclusively, and have for years. The boys are fascinated by the two big pockets near the knees on my pants and every time I come to see them they have to open them […]


Differing Tastes in Music

While having the boys this weekend I decided to perform a little experiment. During play times this weekend I put the TV onto the cable music Electronica and Rap; HipHop stations (my favorites) and took mental notes of what types of music the boys danced to. From my observations, there’s a fairly definitive […]


Eggcelent!

The other day while watching the boys so that Dawn and Brad could go to the Orthodontist, I tried to teach them how to hunt Easter eggs in preparation for Easter Sunday. They had around 10 colored eggs and a couple of buckets they had been playing with, so I gathered all the eggs […]


Trade

Lately there has been a lot of “stealing” going on between the boys. Logan always seems to want whatever Forest has, and Forest has no problem taking something back that Logan had just taken from him. In an effort to make things more civil, I’ve tried to make a game out of it […]


Dream Talkers

Last night I had a dream where I was playing somewhere with both of the boys. It started out as normal, both the boys playing with toys, pointing at things and making sounds… Then out of nowhere both of the boys just started using full, well articulated sentences. They were talking to […]


Robot vs. Toddler

Forest loves to push buttons. If there is anything around with buttons on it, he’s there pushing them. A month or two ago, I purchased a Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner to run a few times a week and help keep my floors clean. It being a robot and all, it has lots […]


Introduction

Before posting anything else on this blog, I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Dustin, and I’m one of Logan and Forest’s fathers (the biological one). Now that this site is set up so that multiple people can post to the blog, I intend to also contribute my experiences with the […]