He Speaks!

We love our men and it's easy to forget that he has something to say too! Yes, we know that he likes to not talk a lot too. So, while we have the chance, we want to publish what he has to say for all the world to read!

Enjoy.

Featured Article:

Try Not To Blink
Despite the amount of experience or research one invests into parenting, a child’s growth spurt never fails to surprise...

Talkin' With Pookie
The fact that she’s not "mine" has never made a difference. And it never will...

No Leave
Certainly I’ve evolved as a Dad but yet I wonder if the uninhibited man of the past...shouldn’t still have a say at the table...

Fifteen-Lovie
Forget that I had more unforced errors than Britney Spears multiplied by Lindsay Lohan — squared. Forget that I hit more balls out than a juiced up Barry Bonds. She won, fair and square...

The Trail
My friends and I temporarily trade our complicated but comfortable lives for simple, arduous ones. We hike...with nothing more than forty pounds of essentials, the clothes we’re wearing, and a desire to lead more meaningful lives...

Control Issues
We’re pretty strict....unless we want our family life to resemble a methodically moving train-wreck riddled with endless fussing and distracting drama, we have to put the hammer down..

Bricks In The Wall
We all have to decide what materials we want to build our families from, and how to tie them together...

The Language Of Lovie
So what is it about Lovie that's so captivating, you may wonder? Simple. It's how well she deals with all of my nonsense...

The Revolution Begins From Within
For most Dads I would guess the revolution began with..."Honey, I'm pregnant..."

Ashton Kutcher, Alyssa Milano, Twitter, The Triplets & Me
So perhaps you've heard of one Ashton Kutcher,  actor-hearthrob, Mr. Demi Moore, fellow stepdad, new media magnate, and Twitter force of nature. Well, to my great surprise, he's heard of me...

Singing With The Triplets
I’m a solid understudy. But for me to carry the show, I had to alter the script a bit. Especially given the bedtime drama that’s been going down. So I decided to turn that drama into a musical...

The Driving Force
This does not mean that my wife is without flaw. One of them? She’s among the worst drivers in the history of organized driving. Honestly? It’s astonishing...

The Great Balloon Caper
Even if some people think there's no such thing as a "balloon soul." If it matters to my children, it matters to me...

Shopped Straight
I was headed over to the men’s section to look for some summer shirts for myself when I see some oh-so-cute girly clothes on sale...it’s probably a good thing the kids weren’t with me tonight or I’d have spent a lot more than the $54 I departed Kohl’s without...

The Bathroom Attendant
The resulting mad dashes to the magic handle resembled three hardcore gambling addicts wrestling for the lever of the lone, unoccupied slot machine at the Bellagio. Funny. I thought their game was craps...

Pappy Campers
...which meant I would spend a cold February night camping out in a church parking lot (alongside several other overzealous suckers) in hopes of getting A, B, and C into a highly coveted preschool...

Get Real
Obviously the news that we were expecting triplets tabled any future conversations concerning more children. Or so I thought...Lovie casually mentioned to me that sometimes she thought it would be "funny" if she were to get pregnant again...

Daddy-Daughter Valentine's Dance
This year I told the kids I was celebrating them as the "Loves of my Life" instead of being bummed about the whole divorce situation...

What Happens In The Bathroom, Stays In The Bathroom
Have you ever tried to give three babies a bath at the same time? All we seem to be getting are floaters. And as far as we can remember, there is no nursery rhyme that reads "Rub-a-dub-dub, a turd in the tub..."

The Whole Is Greater Than The Sum Of It's Parts
I tried really hard to save this family...Worked for Mom and Dad right, so why not just get separated from my brother? This is one of those times you can't be upset with your child without being upset with the example you set that she's following...

One Man And One Woman?
As a divorced Dad, I take no pride in telling you I could have put one of my children through college with the money I spent fighting to keep my children. Money I spent fighting to keep myself in my children's lives...

Stupid January
Miley Cyrus was being blasted from upstairs and The Parent Trap was on the television…I excused myself to go shovel the snow from the driveway even though there had been no snow that day…

Potties, Pigeons and Bribes: Summer Done Right
My wife and I instituted a reward system for The Boy and Sweet Pea in an attempt to bribe them into behaving this summer.  Yep, we’ve resulted to bribes...

Playing Favorites
The favorite probably changes day-to-day, hour-to-hour, but at any given moment, you have a favorite child.

Summer "Vacation" with Kids
I'm pleased to report we returned home with all of our luggage and all of our children...

Hard Questions for A Single Dad
The question itself is an easy one when adults are speaking. Someone always assumes that an affair was involved...

My Wife's Deliberation
The waiter leaves and then the buyer's remorse sets in and she questions her meal choice until it arrives...

Lesssons From My Father, Sort Of
This is only the latest in a long line of horrible lessons I’ve tried to teach my children over the years...

Stupid Husband (His Words, Not Ours)
...you must understand that I am a stupid husband and father...Despite this fact, I married a kind, hilarious, social and beautiful woman...