The Amazing Ian Jacob

Uncle Lee asked Daddy yesterday if we had gotten Ian “cheese cutters” yet. At first I thought, “the kid just learned how to use a fork, let’s not expect him to work in the kitchen yet!” but then realized they were talking about skates. Ian is fascinated with hockey. That should come as no surprise. [...]

Daddy saw this as we came to pick up Ian yesterday afternoon yesterday and said, “well awesome.” I would have paid Ian’s teachers $100 to write Daddy up there instead of Mommy, but what’s done is done. Ian is slowly but surely moving into the Daddy Appreciation Club but he is still very much the [...]

Ms. Kim is here tonight and it pleases me so much to see Ian’s enthusiasm for hanging out with her and vice versa. I look forward to one day having a similar relationship with some offspring of hers but for now, this is pretty awesome. My son is a pretty good thumb wrestler thanks to [...]

I landed at exactly 6:15 tonight. When I turned the corner of the concourse, there were my two favorite guys grinning and waiting for me! Ian ran up and immediately said “I want mama milk!” but he managed to wait til we got to the car. While Daddy picked up our dinner I explained that [...]

I’m having a bit of a parenting holiday tonight. Rich had a long night last night with a super fussy little boy and he’s solo parenting this evening as well. I’ll be home Tuesday in time for dinner and all the rest of the nightly routines but tonight, I’m all alone in my hotel room, [...]