Firefly

The daughter  is 6 and now has her own firefly cell phone. 
Have I ever mentioned that I fear the teenage years?

Adventures at the Bus Stop

If you’ve never met the daughter but have met the wife then you’ve met the daughter.  They’re the exact same person.  Here’s a conversation that took place between the daughter and the neighbors kids, Chance (6) and Kara (10).
Chance:  When we all die the sun will get real big and crash into the earth.
Kara:  We [...]

The Daughter Turns 6 Today

Today is the daughter’s 6th birthday.  It seems like it was yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital at 10pm on a cold January 19, 2001.  The wife and I were absolutely clueless.  We put the daughter in her crib, cranked the monitor and went to bed.  Only “went to bed” lasted seconds.  Her monitor [...]