The scene above has been common in the Russell house for the past several weeks. first it was a nasty cold that wouldn’t let anyone go, then I managed to contract a rather serious infection that dropped me like a rock for a full week and a half. As it stands now the entire house [...]
The past few weeks have been hectic and a little dizzying. Lil’ B. has been picking up language skills at a staggering rate, which at times is a bit overwhelming. I’m just not used to him walking into a room, looking straight at me and saying “want pop-tart!” It’s a 12 on the amaze-o-meter, but [...]
Unfortunately, my life never gets any less busy. Being a work at home dad and a mild workaholic can lead to a pretty long workweek. (My last workweek lasted 19 days.) Of course on top of the work, there is being Dad, which takes up at least as much time as work does. In the [...]
There have been troubles in school this week. Lil’ B. has fallen, gotten scraped, been bitten and had a perpetual cough that he can’t shake. There have been mornings when he didn’t want to go to school until he saw his bus. There have been a few tantrums too, all part and parcel of a [...]
there are some things that just make me smile. some are big things, others are small. the news I got today is a bit of both. it’s a little thing for most kids, a huge thing for Lil’ B, and a monumental thing for all of us.
From the school”
Great day. A lot more talking. He’s [...]
