Subject to Change

In a city that’s not known for promoting fatherhood, here’s a dad who deserves some respect:

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a child being left on a school bus Tuesday.

The father noticed that his son hadn’t arrived home on time and called the child’s day care center. When there was no answer he drove over to investigate and found his son locked in a transport bus. He rescued the child through an open window.

Dad could have made poor assumptions here, or decided not to care, and things might have turned out differently. This dad deserves to be recogonized not only for doing the right thing, but also for showing restraint.

I would have busted every window on that bus, then smashed the headlights and slashed the tires just to be sure my point was made. I might even left my son’s dirty diaper on the driver’s seat for good measure.

These videos of my two year-old playing in the park are just too funny. The first is the set-up. Cole finds a spinning tire and wants to ride.

Then, his dad encourages him to run to mommy. The expression on his face is just priceless.

I just know someone is going to be horrified by that. It’s not child abuse if they’re laughing!

My boy made me proud yesterday. We took him to see his first big-screen movie and he sat through it without incident!

We decided on Bedtime Stories, at a budget theater, of course. Cole has a fondness for popcorn, so we bought a large lemonade and a bucket of popcorn to increase the odds of keeping the two year-old under control. He must have eaten half the popcorn by himself and drank nearly all of the lemonade! There wasn’t a moment during the film when he didn’t have one or both on his lap.

I’m sure he enjoyed the movie, especially the motorcycle chase at the end. We had to try and keep him seated while he shouted, “Boom! Crash!” over and over. Aside from that there were only a few times that we had to explain to him that he needed to watch quietly.

Based on this trial run, I’d bet the odds are 50:50 that we could make it through another movie with him soon. It’s a good thing I still enjoy kids’ movies!