The Harmelings

The DJ wins another award for world’s best daddy-o, seriously. Tonight he took Jack to his first NBA game, at the Staples center in LA. (I know, that sounds expensive, but its not at all if you are a Clippers fan. No one goes to those games, tickets are cheeeeeeap. The DJ has been a [...]

With Jack’s undying obsession with NBA Basketball, he has taken to reading the sports page every morning while eating breakfast. Some mornings, the DJ catches an early train downtown… and ohhhh how hell breaks loose in our house. Jack will go downstairs and discover the newspaper is gone, and so is daddy. He will start [...]

The first, from Jack. I was commenting that the nasty carved pumpkins are molding and need to go in the trash. Jack said, “That’s a good job for daddy. Daddy likes gross stuff, that’s what he is a lawyer.” A text message from our favorite viking neighbor midwife mom: “Just drove by your house, Annike [...]

D: what do you like best about school? Jack: group work, cuz it’s when you learn the most. D: what is group work? Is is when you do your letters and your addition and subtraction? Jack: yes, mostly they ask like 20 + 20, 40. And 40 + 40, 80. And they ask 100 + [...]

All dressed up in costume, Jack headed out for his first (and maybe last) tap and ballet class.

On Friday, Jack will turn five. Five. Ouch. This morning Jack says, “I’m not even 5 yet and I totally look like I’m 10. I feel like I am 16.” Great.

Funny pic of Jack this morning out to walk the dogs. He picked out his own outfit. And yes, those are giraffe zip-up footy jammies under his sweater and vans. I can’t believe how much he has grown, that he will be FIVE next month. Breaks my heart.

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Jack and his school friend, Wilken, fought off “dark vader” at Legoland.