The biggest challenge between our family and a successful vacation is keeping Ryan occupied. We bring along enough comforts of home — laptop, Hockey Guys — for him to keep a sense of routine, but we also don’t want him spending an entire vacation engaged in these solitary activities. So we limit his time with […]
Read more "Vacation, Part Two – Let the Games Begin"This morning, I shaved and put on shoes of the non-flip flop variety for the first time in 10 days. I was not happy about either of these developments. This morning, it’s back to the routine, back to the morning commute, back to reality. Vacation is over. I was happy, thrilled even, to return from […]
Read more "Vacation, Part One – Going Home"Boredom. It is the chief obstacle to any successful down time for our family, whether on vacation, a weekend, or a random summer day. Ryan almost always opts to spend his free time engaged, typically alone, in his favorite activities: typing standings, playing NHL2K on the Wii, playing Hockey Guys. His initial reaction to any […]
Read more "The Name Game"Champions! In his first three seasons playing street hockey in our town league, Ryan’s teams won a combined three games. Last night, his team won the championship, coming from behind in the third period of the final game to take home the trophy. It may be only a town rec league with three teams and […]
Read more "A Championship Season"Confession time: I am a space geek. Always have been. I remember as a kid reading about the first lunar landing in 1969 and being angry that it had happened before I was born. This was during a quiet period for the U.S. space program, between Apollo and the space shuttle. Without missions to follow, […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 