Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Super Bowl

A few weeks have past since the Packers and Steelers met in the Super Bowl. Being a huge Steelers fan, I was disappointed that they lost. However, I've been a Packers fan for the last few years. This article, which I just came across even though it is a couple of weeks after the Super Bowl, was very informative and only confirmed my allegiances to both teams.

http://www.catholicsportsnet.com/articles/2011/1/31/catholic-roots-run-deep-in-super-bowl

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Great Blog Post

I follow the blog called Catholic Dads. There are a number of bloggers for the site. One of my favorites goes by the name of Nod.  This post in particular was so good that I felt that I needed to share it. It is about being a husband, a father, a Catholic, and a professional. Overall, a great post.

http://www.catholicdadsonline.org/posts/6636/2415-supposedly/

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Light reading?

Clare waned to do some light reading before bedtime. What are we going to give her when she is 3?!?


Things are Getting Tense (or Tents?)

What is something fun that you can do as a father to a 4 and 2 year old while you are stuck in apartment on a cold Sunday afternoon in late January? Add into that the fact that Mama was up with the baby most of the night and they are both trying to make up for that? Well, we came up with building a tent fort. Not just any tent fort - but on that used 6 twin sheets (not fitted sheets, but the other kind) an extension cord, and a box of binder clips. The girls loved this fort that was the size of their room. In fact, they slept in this fort each night from when it was built until we took it down a week later.

The doorway

Bernadette made her room in the corner by the chair.

Clare made her room in the corner by the closet.

Both slept surprisingly well for sleeping on the floor and they had hours and hours of endless fun in their forts. These pictures were actually taken at night when they were sleeping, just as proof that they did really sleep.

Bump, Set, Spike

We decided early on in parenting that we wanted our daughters to have long hair. One thing I have found particularly entertaining about this is that when it comes time for bathing them, the 2 year old's hair is still fine enough that after applying shampoo, you can put her hair in almost any position. We have a little fun with this, but my favorite is the "Spike" where on top of her 3 feet of real height, we add on another 12-18 inches. The picture below was taken after 5 minutes of playing after I spiked it.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Posting

Life as always is crazy at our house. We have moved, are building a house, attended my sister's out of town wedding, not to mention the holidays, and being completely overwhelmed with work. Long end short - I really want to keep this blog up, but though I've started 3 or 4 blogs, I don't know if/when I'll get back to them. Hopefully things will slow down a little bit and I'll be able to post again soon. Until then, back to my mission!!