College was always important to me as a kid. I wasn’t obssessed like some Ivy League families, but I knew I had to go. I was really pushing for Cornell, but didn’t rock my SATs enough to get in. Which in the end, I’m quite happy, because I ended up going to SUNY Binghamton where I met my future wife. Anyways, places like Harvard or MIT are awesome and who wouldn’t be proud to go …
This weekend, Ryan was sniffing around YouTube and came across a parody of “I’m Sexy and I know it.” For some reason, Ryan loves that song to begin with and is constantly walking around the house singing it. A few weeks ago, my wife overheard him talking to a friend of his on a playdate. They were singing the song and then Ryan asked his friend, “Do you know what sexy means?” His friend had …
I’ve spent my entire life in New York. Not in the crazy crowded city of Manhattan itself, but in the suburbs. Close enough to visit, but far enough away to be considered living “upstate” from most Mannhattanites. So when we visit NYC, I don’t really consider us tourists. Except for last weekend. On Sunday, my family headed down to the Big Apple to meet some family friends and go to Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum. I’ve …
If you’ve been following my blog (and if you haven’t, why not?), you know that I recently discovered Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends on Netflix and I’ve been watching it with my kids regularly. It was easily my favorite cartoon as a kid and I just love watching it with my two boys now. But to this day, I don’t recall the infamous Spider-Man kiss. We just finished them all, but there was a big …
My kids couldn’t be more different. At least when it comes to certain things. Jason is the quiet one who is a stickler for the rules. Ryan, on the other hand, tends to have a motor mouth, and while he doesn’t go around breaking rules left and right, he’s not quite the Hall Monitor that his big brother is. So last night, my wife gets it in her head that she should teach our kids …
