Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Real Toddlers of New Jersey

I'm not sure if this one is going to make basic cable.
But hopefully you'll get a good laugh, nonetheless...

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Monday, August 13, 2012

NY Times article

Have a look, this is a pretty interesting article.

I liked this one, too.  Enjoy:

Meditations from the Dad in the Minivan

Dan Zevin, author of “Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad” and “The Day I Turned Uncool,” may be a humorist, but like the dads profiled in the Sunday Styles piece “Just Wait Until Your Mother Gets Home,” he has also been a full-time father, squeezing in a sentence or two during nap time. Now, when the babysitter doesn’t show, or the school calls to turn in the child with a fever he dropped off moments before, he’s the guy who takes the fall. His musings on fatherhood, in appropriately short, new-parent appropriate bursts, follow.
• Turning into your father is not such a bad thing when you consider the alternatives.
• When advising small children to “work it out on their own,” it is best to wait three to four seconds before you work it out for them.
• The well-dressed dad’s secret? Cargo pants are cup holders for the legs.
• Mr. Mom: a cute term often used to describe fathers in care-taking roles. Mrs. Dad: an offensive term never used to describe mothers in management roles.
• I used to think nannies were for privileged career couples who enjoyed the convenience of outsourcing their offspring. Then my wife’s maternity leave ended.
• Of the many surprises new babies bring, pooping while bathing is often overlooked. Be prepared by keeping a soup ladle near the bath toys.
• When spending quality time with your family, it’s best for everyone not to overdo it.
• Date night: Trying to recapture in two to four hours, weekly or monthly, the kind of couple you used to be before you had to schedule something as goofy and contrived as date night.
• Memo to the aloof hipster dad at the playground: despite the onesie, everyone knows your baby doesn’t really like the Sex Pistols.
• Even if there are five fathers and three mothers in the pool, that Aqua-tots class is still going to be called Mommy and Me.
• Show me a man who thinks Costco is uncool, and I’ll show you a man who doesn’t have kids.
• When making the transition from dude to dad, here is how your social life changes: Going out with the boys means going out with the boys, or going out with the girls if you have daughters.
• If life deals you a minivan, you may as well enjoy the ride.