We’ve been a family of eight for quite a while now. Coming up on three years this July! So, in many ways, we’ve been a big family for a good long while. But now, you might say it’s official. 🙂 We are picking up our new-to-us, 12-passenger, Ford E-350 XLT big red van! These larger…
Family
“Who Does Dad Love?”
Putting Cam in bed is usually a job for Dad. It’s great fun, actually. Cam and I definitely “bond” at these regular meetings. We’ve come up with plenty of fun regular rituals: which blanket goes where, which book is read first, and so many more entertaining—and important!—routines that perhaps I’ll elaborate in a future post….
Birthday Season (And Sabbatical)
Birthday season is upon us here in the Campbell home. Today is the first of three birthdays in two weeks. We’ll be celebrating it up in our typical style—the birthday girl will be well-celebrated! (If you’d like to read the story of her very first birthday, please do…) So, with that information in hand, I…
A Birthday Party
Yesterday was a special day in our home. February 25th is not a date we celebrate annually, but in the year 2012, it was a day we celebrated our oldest daughter Kirsten. It was a day that she has been waiting for—quite literally—for years. It was her first, real, official, honest-to-goodness birthday party! (And it…
Education
I’ve had education on my mind again recently. There are certainly many ideas that word conjures up… some good, some bad. But I think we might have a skewed—or even wrong—understanding of it. As you may have read in yesterday’s post (and noticed from the time of day of today’s post), I am focusing on…
Letters To God
The reviews of Letters To God are either glowing, or not kind. And, I can see where most of them are coming from. In some ways this movie was pretty hokey. Some of the acting was bad. Some of the story was a tad unbelievable. Some of the “Christian” part seemed a bit too forced….
[From The Archive] Super Sucker Fish
It’s time for another trip to the Archive! This time, it’s the quite recent past—June of 2010. One very hot night during that summer, after returning to our home after a few very hot days away visiting friends, we discovered a sight—and smell—that will stick with us for quite some time! Super Sucker Fish! is…
The Surface Issue
I have discovered a problem here in the Campbell home. It’s quite prevalent, affecting most members of the household. Surfaces abhor a vacuum? I know, I know. That’s not exactly the famous phrase. The slight variation though is definitely true in this home! Is it that way for you? Do you find that any flat…
Children Obey Your Parents
We had an interesting conversation with our teenager the other night. Ian is thirteen. That means he’s officially a teenager. He’s been there—especially in his own mind—for quite a while now, even before the calendar said he was. That’s how he came into the world, actually. He’s usually ahead of the game. And that’s his…
Detective Dad
Sometimes as a Dad, you find yourself in the role of detective. The cases are often thrust upon you quite circumstantially. There may not necessarily be a victim, who comes to you asking for the mystery to be solved. Often, the clues lie before you and it’s up to you, Detective Dad, to solve the…