It’s 10:19 pm and every kid in our house is asleep, except Tristen “Tink” Delony. She’s been singing and talking in her crib (and through the baby monitor) for 2 hours, then finally she busted out. Here’s the picture evidence.

Here are my boys, James (6) and Samuel (3) over Thanksgiving weekend.

This morning at breakfast we got into an interesting conversation with the kids. It revolved around the real reasons we celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then it led to us discussing the difference between “wants” and “needs.” Here is the list we came up with (the bikini on the “want” list was Aida’s). 

It’s been really good to walk this journey with the kids. Consumerism is a hard thing to walk away from and TV indoctrinates the kids so early. We all discussed the difference between selfish and selfless. They’re young but they’re starting to get it. 

So we’re going for a bare bones Christmas season (well, we’ve been moving that way for years). 

This was a good start to the day and a good start to the holiday season.

Today, Samuel (my 3 yr. old) was pretending to drink out of an empty glass. He was fake gulping loudly, so I asked him what he was pretending to drink. He responded, “I’m not pretending, Dad. I just like to drink air.”

What more can you say…

Day 10 of my Road trip. I’m getting road fatigue. I can’t wait to get home and see my wife and kids. One more day. I can’t imagine how big my little princess is. This is one pic of home that keeps me going.