Category Archives: Parenting
Guest Napper #49 – Puppet Party
This week, I was talking with some friends about their sons’ obsessions with things like trains and firetrucks. When I asked one of these firemen-obsessed boys if he’d like to be a fireman when he grows up, he thoughtfully informed me, “I don’t know. I can be lots of things.” Serves me right for asking …
Breakin’ the Law
I guess, after all this time and all these naps, you’re just going to yawn when you see this and say, “Oh, Cormac is on the floor AGAIN.” And, it’s true, naps on the floor are nothing new at my house. Here we see your typical snore on the floor. Knowing our middle school science, …
Guest Napper #48
So I heard about this guy somewhere who has been camped out in front of Best Buy for days already, wanting to be first in line on Black Friday. Sort of like Occupy Big Box, I guess. My friend Rachel caught her daughter Sarah in a nap that makes me think of him, although I …
Guest Napper #47 – Conked Out Cobra
As Kurt Vonnegut George Washington The Great Pumpkin Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich famously said during a commencement speech over a decade ago, Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’98: Wear sunscreen. Breaking a long nap strike, Beta Dad’s “Twin A” (a.k.a. Cobra) has fallen asleep prepared for a lifetime of sun safety, as Mary Schmich …