A Week of Fun

It’s so nice when every morning, the only thing I had to think about was the best way to have fun.  I didn’t have to worry about getting the kids to school or rushing to a work meeting.  Having fun was the only goal last week.  That was my first out-of-town vacation in over two-and-a-half years, so it was long overdue.  Though it was really more of Colin’s vacation, who dictated where we were going and what we were doing most of the time, I still enjoyed the vacation immensely.  In summary, it was three days of Legoland and two days of SeaWorld.  Colin probably had more fun than me, but I think every parent would agree,

Off to San Diego

Anywhere in the world, I asked him.  Colin has the week off from school next week and I asked him where he wanted to visit.  The answer, not surprisingly, was San Diego.  Legoland remains his favorite destination.  When we were living in Los Angeles, I was all for it.  Now Legoland is quite a drive away.  I tried to convince Colin to visit Disneyland instead, which would shave two hours off the drive.  Plus, I really like Disneyland.  Everything there is so clean and organized.  And, not that a high bar is set, but I think they have the tastiest food for a theme park.  But no, Colin insisted on Legoland, and

Colin’s First Football Game

At the end of the evening, I asked Colin if he ever wanted to return for another Stanford football game, and he said yes, so the evening has to be considered a success. That doesn’t mean there weren’t a few bumps along the way, though. It was midway through the second quarter when Colin asked me why there were so many announcements about “Stanford” doing this and that. I told him we were watching the Stanford football team. Puzzled, he asked, “Stanford 49ers?” He was a bit let down when I told him we were watching the Stanford Cardinal and that we would be watching the 49ers play on television the next day. The source of this confusion was

Annual Conflict

This is happening for the second straight year?  Last year, I chose school over football.  Should I do so again this year?  This coming Monday, Colin’s back-to-school night and my fantasy football draft are both happening in the same evening again.  Last year, I skipped the draft completely, forcing me to drop a bunch of players from my roster pretty much the next day.  I have no idea what algorithm Yahoo was using to draft me a bunch of defensive players last year that were completely useless.  That poor draft doomed my team from the start, making me miss the playoffs.  I fear the same might happen again this year if I let the team be drafted automatically again.  Last year, the choice between

First Day of K

Tomorrow is Colin’s first day of kindergarten.  At this point, I think I’m much more excited about this first day than Colin is.  Today Patti took Colin to an open house at the school to meet his new teacher, and apparently, Colin held Patti’s hand the entire time they were there.  I hope Colin doesn’t freak out when we have to leave him there tomorrow.  I usually don’t drop off (or pick up) Colin at school, but tomorrow is a special day, so I’m making an exception.  I don’t know why, but I missed his first day of pre-kindergarten last year, so I don’t want to miss his first day this year.  My own first day of kindergarten is