I want to wish my brother Stephen a very happy birthday today. Steve, I know just how you feel. You've got a great little girl and the world's your oyster.  This is Papa Bear. Put out an APB for a male suspect, driving a... car of some sort, heading in

My brother Ryan keeps a couple of rats as pets.  To be accurate, he kept a couple of rats as pets.  The one we called Red is dead. I learned of Red's passing late last night.  Hearing my that rat-faced nephew had bought the farm at the young age of

James has picked up a new expression he's using quite frequently these days.  I heard it a half dozen times yesterday and a few more times this morning. He usually brings out this blanket statement when you ask him to do something like brush his teeth or go to bed.

Taryn and I were at the ObGyn this morning for a weekly check up as we count down the days before the arrival of Michelle. All is well, in fact, the Doc seems to think Michelle will be a big girl.  He guesses she's already 7.5 to 8 lbs.

We're expecting the birth of our daughter within the next four weeks and we've been set on a name for quite some time now.  She'll be named Michelle Boon, or will she? Sure, I've already secured the top spot on Google searches for her name, but maybe I should follow

James is now well on his way to being fully potty trained.  When it's time to go to the potty, we go to the bathroom where he stands there and waits. The other day, he had stood there for well over five minutes waiting for action when he looked at

The following people are celebrating a birthday today. Chris Woodward - 28Tobey Maguire - 29Mike Boon - 30Julia Duffy - 53Ross Perot - 74

I want to wish my girl a very happy birthday today. I used to joke with her that she was good as my wife so long as she stayed in her 20s.  Now that she's running out of years before the big 3-0, I'm seriously considering renaging on my pledge

I was looking forward to a relaxing night at home.  We had Italian sausages ready for the BBQ and it was my first open night in a while.  Nothing was going to ruin this night of peace, right?  Wrong. Very pregnant Taryn started feeling a tightening in her stomach that

Until this year, I had never heard of Fifth Disease.  I'm sure most of the people reading this right now don't have a clue what Fifth Disease is.  From the CDC website, "Fifth disease is a mild rash illness that occurs most commonly in children. The ill child typically has

Taryn had an ultrasound yesterday giving us another glimpse at Michelle.  She's due to make her debut in early August. I've been having an awesome time with James and we're clicking really well and I thought that might be because I understand what it's like to be a dude.  I

Sometime between jammy time and beddy-bye time, I like to read James our favourite bedtime book, Goodnight Moon.  There is something about this calming story by Margaret Wise Brown with soothing illustrations by Clement Hurd that make it the ideal book to read to kids just before bed. Here's the

We've been teaching James that his new baby sister Michelle is in Mommy's tummy.  I just asked him where his sister was and he promptly came up to me and pointed to my belly. I think James is suggesting I could use an Adult Happy Meal or two.

I know I promised to post new videos of James last weekend and I didn't.  I actually took some video of James giving his mommy a present on Mother's Day but I haven't had a moment to convert it for sharing on this site. It's been an absolutely crazy week.

Happy Mother's Day Mom.  I hope your Sunday is relaxing.  You know how much we love you. Happy Mother's Day to James' Mommy too.  You're a good Mother Taryn and you deserve a relaxing Sunday too.  Unfortunately, we've got work to do.  No rest for the wicked.

Yesterday, over 27 months after his birth, a lock of James' hair met scissors for the first time.  Seeing that strands of hair were dangling over his eyes while he played, I realized he needed his bangs trimmed just a little.  Out came the scissors and off came a centimetre

About four weeks ago, we lost Taryn's wedding ring.  She had taken it off for one reason or another and it disappeared.  Had James picked it up and deposited it in parts unknown?  Had Booner played a role in the shenanigans?  We searched and searched for two days straight but

When it comes to sleeping, James is a champ.  Like clockwork, every evening at 20:25 he brushes his teeth and heads to bed.  Before Mommy and Daddy kiss him goodnight, there's only one more thing that needs to be done before James drifts away for the night.  That's roll

With apologies to John Winston Lennon... Close your eyes, Have no fear, The monsters gone, He's on the run and your daddy's here. Beautiful, Beautiful, beautiful, Beautiful Boy. Before you go to sleep, Say a little prayer, Every day in every way, It's getting better and better. Beautiful, Beautiful, beautiful,

Once I told Taryn how much James enjoyed an ice cream cone at his grandmother's house, she added ice cream cones to the grocery list.  I wasn't with her when she bought the mini cones, but I wish I was. As I understand it, there were these mini cones in

Four new videos of James are now available for your viewing pleasure in Videos.  They were all shot earlier today. Seinfeld fans won't want to miss James exclaim "It's my butler!"  There's also some retro action and a demonstration of how to eat an ice cream cone while creating the

Yesterday I referred to Taryn's free trip to Portugal.  Her mom won the weeks trip from her work and Taryn was the lucky guest who got to accompany her. So, for a week it was just the two of us.  Two dudes living off the land. On Thursday night, when