Cole’s birthday party was today. He carefully chose 8 of his friends and we did the whole 5-year-old birthday party thing. We hired Eleanor (9 year old daughter of one of Jen’s business partners) to do the party planning. The theme of the party was “wild animals” so she planned games like [...]
Somehow, when I wasn’t looking, 5 years have passed. When people would tell me that my kids would grow up fast, I never really understood what they meant. They don’t mean that time goes faster. They mean that you are so close to your kids for so long, that you don’t see [...]
On Tuesday and Wednesday mornings I drive Cole to kindergarten. He has to be there by 10:15 AM. Jen takes Ally to school around 8:45, then heads off to San Francisco to work at ForumJobs. So Cole comes in after Jen leaves and after some negotiations, we settle on a time when [...]
We went to a rather formal 40th birthday (for the dad) and coming out (for the 2 month old daughter) party. It was in a nice restaurant in SF in a private room, about 30 people and only 4 kids (and yes, they were invited). A four hour lunch. We brought entertainment [...]