As I mentioned, Noah and I just got back from a little sponsored vacation in San Antonio.

Every time we get on a plane together, we both get super excited about takeoffs and landings. It’s our favorite part of any flight, and we usually do countdowns together to see if [...]]]>

As I mentioned, Noah and I just got back from a little sponsored vacation in San Antonio.

Every time we get on a plane together, we both get super excited about takeoffs and landings. It’s our favorite part of any flight, and we usually do countdowns together to see if we can guess the exact timing.

But this time, well into our final decent, Noah clicked off his iPad, shut the cover, turned and looked at me (very awake, it seemed), and declared, “Dad, I’m going to sleep now.”

He burrowed his head into my arm before I could yell “NO!” and fell asleep.

Instantly.

I’ve never seen him fall asleep with such speed

Continue reading: Crash Landing

When you date a single parent
And you wanna make ‘em swoon
Show ‘em that you speak their language
And ask to share a spoon.

But don’t stop there, you sexy thing
You have a [...]]]>

When you date a single parent
And you wanna make ‘em swoon
Show ‘em that you speak their language
And ask to share a spoon.

But don’t stop there, you sexy thing
You have a golden chance
To connect in ways you never have
And add to the romance.

First tell ‘em that your house is messy
Say, “I just don’t have the time,
Between life and love and doing things
For those that I call mine.”

Then tell ‘em that you love to laugh
Sometimes it’s your only tool
When things turn into crazy mayhem
And chaos becomes the rule.

And tell ‘em that you love to ride
In those spicy minivans.
And tell ‘em that you love to eat
From freezers and from cans

Continue reading: When You Date a Single Parent and You Wanna Make ‘Em Swoon

Q: What do you get when you rent out a big room for a birthday party, fill it with candy, give all the five year olds free-reign, and then send them into a movie theater together

Continue reading: A Parenting Riddle

Noah and I had a little just-us-boys trip last weekend, and on our last night away he got a serious case of the giggles. It was in the pitch black of our hotel room while I *tried* to get him calmed down and to sleep.

Except if there’s one thing [...]]]>

Noah and I had a little just-us-boys trip last weekend, and on our last night away he got a serious case of the giggles. It was in the pitch black of our hotel room while I *tried* to get him calmed down and to sleep.

Except if there’s one thing this dad’s bad at, it’s actually wanting my kid to calm down and go to sleep. Bedtime is just too much fun.

So, I *may* have helped him not calm down and not go to sleep, too. I don’t remember.

Haha. Enjoy

Continue reading: Dad Induced Giggles

So, here we are. And rather than leave you high and dry, while Noah was napping, I decided to go through old Facebook photos and find some [...]]]> Westin offered to send Noah and me to San Antonio for the weekend, and I wasn’t able to get a proper Beautiful You put together before we left.

So, here we are. And rather than leave you high and dry, while Noah was napping, I decided to go through old Facebook photos and find some of my favorite Baby Noah pics and share those instead. Enjoy! These are all Noah at eight months or younger… His chubby baby days

Continue reading: This is Beautiful Noah – Chubby Baby Days

My son’s mom and I have two very different belief sets. She’s a devout church-going [...]]]> >> I wrote this entry and published it on my Babble Voices blog, and I’m only permitted to post a snippet of it here (below). Read the whole thing and comment on Danoah Unleashed. >>

My son’s mom and I have two very different belief sets. She’s a devout church-going Christian. I’m a spiritual agnostic. She finds peace in a pew. I find peace on a mountain top.

Up to this point, it hasn’t been too big a deal when it comes to co-parenting our son. I let her take him to church and she lets me take him hiking. We have a mutual agreement that we will both always be passionate about our personal beliefs but never tell him what he must believe.  It will always be his choice, we’ve decided.

And now that he’s getting older (he just turned five), he’s starting to see that mom and dad live different kinds of lives, and he’s starting to ask questions. This means that for the first time, he’s going to have to start processing our distinctive beliefs and start deciding for himself what he himself wants to believe.

On Sunday, I picked him up like I always do, and I asked him what he did that day, just like I always do. “I went to church,” he said.

“Oh, did you like it?”

“Yeah,” he responded, and then added, “Daddy, why don’t you like church?”

I wasn’t quite prepared for his question. “What do you mean?” I asked.

“Why don’t you like church?”

“Do you like church?” I asked him.

“I don’t know. There’s some things I like. But Daddy, why don’t you like it?” I went on to explain that Daddy doesn’t believe in the same things Mommy does and that’s okay because everybody in the whole world believes different things and it’s up to each person to figure out what feels good for them and to believe in it.

“Well why does Mommy like church and you don’t?”

>> I wrote this entry and published it on my Babble Voices blog, and I’m only permitted to post a snippet of it here. Read the whole thing and comment on Danoah Unleashed. It’s worth the click! >>

This is my new niece Olivia. 18″ long, 5 lb. 13.7 oz.

If you ask me, she’s much too tiny to be a Pearce baby

Continue reading: An Uncle Once More!

Anyway, here are a few pictures from our trip. Enjoy

Continue [...]]]> We spent three magnificent days in Disneyland. The longest line we waited in was about 20 minutes. The weather was mid-seventies almost the entire time. Our hotel was right across the walkway. Man, if you’re gonna do Disneyland, that’s the way to do it.

Continue reading: Three Days of Disneyland (in Pictures!)