Robin: Holy Humongous Hand!! - where’s Batman when I need him!?!?
CreativeDad: Your childish costume and props won’t save you now! Prepare to be torched!
Robin: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t remember when I thought about torching Robin AND videotaping it but my son and I did this several times last summer. Maybe I was thinking about magnifying glasses and [...]
On Easter day, my son and I skipped church and went snowboarding. This season he’s shed the training wheels (it would be nice if ‘boards actually had them) and has begun to shred. It’s been a lot of fun letting him lead.
On one run, while he was ahead of me, I treated myself to a [...]
07 Aug, 2008
Posted by: Paul In: Playing
My daughter just handed me an ant. “I’M STILL ALIVE!” screams the ant. She treats it like a pet.
Around my house, the ants are mild cousins to those I grew up tormenting in West Texas. We did have these cute little black beetles that I’d pick up and then flick off their heads. But that’s [...]
05 Aug, 2008
Posted by: Paul In: Playing
One of our earliest videos is of my 7-month-old son and I having a smackdown in bed. He was quite a heel - with his sharpened pacifier, he bladed my face. Giggling uncontrollably, he then squatted on my crimson mask with his gloriously full diaper. I still have scars - some you’ll [...]
03 Aug, 2008
Posted by: Paul In: Playing
One night, home alone with my son (who was 3 at the time), I was tired of playing the same games and suddenly figured out that we should make an obstacle course in the living room. Like a lot of memories, this one is so vivid because we had a blast doing it. I’ve recently [...]