Captain’s Log. July 23, 2019. 10:47 pm. Family Domicile. One hundred seventy-seventh entry. Kindergarten is an entirely new experience for Lady Fancy Pants, as we expected to be the case. Largely, she is doing a great job. She certainly posses no lack of confidence or comfort in the environment. Her over exuberance and desire to…
A Letter to my Daughter
Captain’s Log. July 22, 2019. 11:!5 pm. Family Domicile. One hundred seventy-sixth entry. Just over five years ago, my darling Duchess and myself brought Lady Fancy Pants into the world in a highly stressful manner. Five weeks early and with underdeveloped lungs, Lady Fancy Pants was not quite ready for the world. Over the next…
A Special Weekend Awaits
Captain’s Log. July 19, 2019. 10:44 pm. Family Domicile. One hundred seventy-fifth entry. Today is Friday, the launching off point for a very important weekend. As I have been talking about all week, my darling daughter, Lady Fancy Pants, will be starting kindergarten on Monday. The Duchess and myself want to do everything we can…
The Insanity Of The Young Squire
Captain’s Log. July 18, 2019. 11:19 pm. Family Domicile. One hundred seventy-fourth entry. The Young Squire Giggles McCracken is, in many ways, much like his sister. They laugh the same, they both have strong and numerous opinions, and they both love very fiercely. They are wonderful, strong-willed little children. All those similarities aside, the Young…
All (Mostly) Set For Kindergarten
Captain’s Log. July 17, 2019. 10:17 pm. Family Domicile. One hundred seventy-third entry. Back To School Night happened, and it started as a whirlwind of a nearly twilight zone experience, to put it mildly. After leaving my place of employment an hour early to retrieve Lady Fancy Pants and the Young Squire Giggles McCracken from…
Preparing for Back To School Night
Captain’s Log. July 16, 2019. 11:35 pm. Family Domicile. One hundred seventy-second entry. Tomorrow is a very important day and milestone in the life of Lady Fancy Pants. While I have been attempting to ignore the inevitable and slow the rapidly changing current that is carrying my daughter towards growing up, nothing I have attempted…
Feet That Can’t Keep Up
Captain’s Log. July 15, 2019. 10:04 pm. Family Domicile. One hundred seventy-first entry. The Young Squire Giggles McCracken, who has been increasing his mobility in the last month or so, is now a full on momentum-fooled stumbling mess. As he looks to stretch his legs and go from a stumbling walk to an out of…
Farewell, Uncle Tone
Captain’s Log. July 14, 2019. 11:10 pm. Family Domicile. One hundred seventieth entry. I apologize for not posting this week. To be straight forward, it was a hard one. We endured the loss of a very close family friend, and while my mind was focused on such matters, the thought of posting trivial anecdotes about…
Back To School Shopping
Captain’s Log. July 6, 2019. 9:17 pm. Family Domicile. One hundred sixty-ninth entry. My darling Lady Fancy Pants starts Kindergarten two weeks from this coming Monday. It’s shocking how rapidly that day is approaching. Today, in preparation, we went back to school shopping for the first time for one of our children. If you have…
A Day with the Children
Captain’s Log. July 5, 2019. 9:48 pm. Family Domicile. One hundred sixty-eighth entry. I have fully determined that my children are intent on causing me as much discomfort as they possibly can. On a day where my darling Duchess was required to be at her place of employment and I was not, I stayed home…
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