Tag: The Dad Speaks

Last Monday, Niko woke up 10 pm because he needed to use the bathroom. I don’t think he has a sense of time, because during that time, he asked me what are we doing afterwards? I was like, well, Niko, we are going back to bed as it’s only 10 pm and we can sleep…

Niko finished his second week of school and again, he did awesome. Despite the fact, that one morning me and him were awake at 4 am and neither of us went back to sleep; sometimes that happens with him. I stopped in June waking him up in the middle of the night for a quick…

Well, Niko is one week into school, and so far, everything has been going great. It’s a big change for all of us and we are still getting familiar with new routines in the mornings and afternoons. All last week, Nina and I dropped him off and picked him up together. We are allowed in…

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Tomorrow, Niko starts first grade, and it will be his first schooling experience. Last week, the school had an open house where we were able to explore the campus, and also meet his teacher and see his classroom. Niko is excited and nervous, and so are we. It will be weird not having him home…

Niko starts first grade on August 22nd. It will be his first experience in that environment as he has been home with us since he was born. We would’ve sent him last year to be a Kindergartner, but at that point in the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccinations weren’t available to kids, and we didn’t want to…

Niko has two playlists. One of them is on his iPad and it plays every night as he sleeps. It’s mostly from Kiri Te Kanawa and a few songs that are Super Mario Bros related. I hear it clearly when I sleep as I have an audio monitor on my night table – sometimes, I…

Usually, by the time Sunday morning arrives, I have something already written in draft mode so all I have to do is click publish. But today, I have nothing. I had a few ideas spinning around, but every time I started typing, I kept erasing it. It wasn’t good material. I had something about my…

On Monday morning, I was home alone for a few hours as Niko and Nina had doctor’s appointments. I have been home alone before, but those times, I was always working. I was off from work and after I helped Niko get dressed and belted safely in the car, I waved goodbye. I knew what…

I had something else written that I was going to publish today about Niko’s closet and dresser, but I decided to scrap that one because I have something better to write about. Oh, you really want to know about his closet and dresser. Well, here it is: Niko used to have all of his clothes…

Niko has been watching a lot of Captain Underpants lately and one of the albums on his iPad is from the movie Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. My favorite song from it is called Saturday (cast version) because the lyrics are funny: I love SaturdayWhen anything is possibleI love Saturday‘Cause I can wear my…

A few weeks ago, I read the autobiography of James Patterson, and I really enjoyed it. I knew he was a writer, but that was it. I had never ready any of his books. I just figured, a writer writing about his life – interesting. Let me check it out and read it. I enjoyed…

On weekends, Niko and I will go out in the world and do something fun and amazing. Yesterday, I took him to San Antonio Plastic Bricks, which is a Lego store. We both like building Legos, and he often takes what I have built and makes it better and bigger. He filled up a quart…

Usually, I am one the one who has time off from work and when that happens, Nina works more hours on those days. Well, since last Tuesday, she has been off from work as her company is moving their inventory to another warehouse. And, I have been working all week on site at the physical…

Yesterday, Niko and I went to Barnes and Noble, Ross, Barnes and Noble again, and Whataburger. I love taking Niko out as we always have a good time – Saturday is our time and Sunday, we normally stay home and get ready for the week. I tend to start our adventures early so we can…

On June 10th, I finished reading this book: Spinning the Globe: The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters by Ben Green. And a few weeks ago, I finished these two books: The Secret Game: A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball’s Lost Triumph by Scott Elsworth and The Rivalry: Bill…

Usually, I always have something written in advance for Sunday as that is the day I publish something new. But I have nothing folks. I do have something in draft status about books. But I can publish that one on Wednesday. I don’t really have anybody to talk to about the books I read, so…

On Friday, Niko asked me if there was a party store and without any help from Nina, Siri, and Alexa, I screamed YES, and the store is called PARTY CITY. I showed Niko some of the Super Mario Brothers supplies they have, and he wanted them all. So, on Saturday, we went to Party City,…

I no longer have an Apple Watch alarm set for after Midnight to wake Niko up for a quick pee. I only have two alarms and they are for work; one is Monday through Wednesday at 5:45 am and the other one Thursday and Friday at 7:00 am. I don’t use the snooze feature because…

Lately, Niko has been watching Captain Underpants and, he actually pays attention to what is happening. He laughs, because it’s very silly. I don’t mind him watching as it’s better than playing video games and watching his iPad and we watch together. This morning, he had Captain Underpants playing on his iPad and the television….