captaincreed Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1642. The Captain isn’t getting any younger. It is funny, but the Captain remembers being youthful and all of his coworkers remarking how he was one of the youngest members on staff. Then a few things happened. One year, a coworker called him “Sir”. Not a sir out of … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1639. The Diaper Dweller is approaching full strength. This makes the crew happy and scares us at the same time. Around dinnertime last night, the Diaper Dweller resumed his regular tactics. He tortured the Eldest by taking her things. Fortunately, she found it adorable and cute. It might have … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1638. The diaper dweller is homebound for a second straight day. The Captain is in charge of the infirmary today. Yesterday was a comedy of errors. The Diaper Dweller stayed awake most of the night culminating with a fever at 3 a.m. The Captain tried to go to … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1634. Short entry. Once again The Eldest battled. She refused to sleep in her own bed. The rebellion was subsided with a book and book light, yet I fear that it is not over yet. The Diaper Dweller staged his own Occupy movement. I attempted to rock him. He … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1635. The Captain has been the father of a daughter for over 4 years now. This has meant the participation in some pretty ridiculous things. And by ridiculous the Captain means fun though sometimes slightly uncomfortable. The Captain has played dress up, had tea parties, had dance parties while … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1628. The diaper dweller is definitely testing the whole unconditional love thing. It has been a rough week of sleeping in the Captain’s house. Between preparations for the winter theater production at school and the inauguration of the 6th diaper dweller tooth there has been considerable interruption of sleep. … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1628. It was a good weekend. A long weekend. The production the Captain is codirectinf opens this week – which means that this past Saturday was the traditional 9-5 rehearsal. 8 hours with middle schoolers. On a weekend. It was fun. The kids were great and it was a … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1624. The Captain has not given up much for Lent in the past. Truthfully, he can’t remember exact items that he has promised to avoid. Since this year’s theme is all about improving, the Captain has decided that he should give up something substantial for Lent. The Captain pondered … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1622. The Captain has taken over the galley…or kitchen as normal folk call it. Last night an experimentation occured and today either there will be tummy lunch and supper – or a colossal waste to clean. The Captain is cooking roast. So far it smells good, but we will … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1621. The Captain remembers those annoying contraptions that girls would make in middle school – you know the ones that looked like cubes? You could manipulate the cube and a series of numbers and colors would appear? It would always start off with someone asking you to pick a … Read more