Tag: The Dad Speaks

I don’t have anything brewing in my brain for what to write today. Sometimes, I tell Niko my after work and on the weekends, my brain is literally a monkey playing the drums! I could tell you how much I enjoyed waking up at 4:45 am on Friday. It wasn’t fun. Despite that, Niko and…

The last time we swam at a pool was on our cruise last December, and Niko with a swimming vest, thoroughly enjoyed it (he felt free in the pool). We have lived in our current house for almost 4 years, and we have a very nice pool at our clubhouse. But we haven’t used it…

Niko’s last day of first grade is this coming Thursday. He is off tomorrow, as are Nina and me, for Memorial Day. So, three days left! I know, he will very likely, be happy to sit on his butt on the upstairs sofa with the television remote and the Switch remote for a at least…

Even though I haven’t watched or paid attention to sports since Niko was born, I still like to read autobiographies/biographies of athletes, broadcasters, sportswriters, and sports in general. I live in San Antonio and was a fan of the San Antonio Spurs for as long as I can remember, but again, I stopped in 2016….

Last Wednesday, Niko had early dismissal. Also, on that day, Nina was in the hospital as she had another surgery. Remember last month, when she had appendicitis! Poor baby, my sweet Nina. Don’t worry, she came home on Friday and is already doing much better. So, back to early dismissal. I decided to take that…

WHAT DOES NINA not DO? On Friday, Nina was going to have lunch with Niko at school, and when she arrived in the cafeteria to meet him, he was nowhere to be found. Fortunately, Niko’s classmates know us, and they were like, oh Niko’s mom, Niko is in the nurse’s office. He was complaining about…

I usually don’t get embarrassed, but yesterday Nina and I did something together, because I was too embarrassed to do it alone, even though a lot of people do it alone. I have done it once before with Nina before Niko was born. I was so clueless when they asked me questions, that I had…

His birthday is on Tuesday, but we celebrated on Saturday. We kept asking Niko if he wanted to have a party and invite his classmates, and he wasn’t sure on that. So, we had to think of something else to do with him. Remember a few blogs ago, where I had to take a Friday…

It’s my birthday today, and to celebrate, I had a terrific eating weekend. Friday Nina went to Costco earlier in the day and got a Tuxedo Chocolate Mousse cake. The three of us had a small piece that evening. For dinner, I wanted to get something from the food truck at our amenity center in…

So, how has you week been? Mine has been hectic as Nina is still recovering from having her appendix taken out last Saturday. Every day, though, she feels better, and on Thursday, she ventured downstairs for the first time and on Friday, when I got home from dropping Niko off at school, she was downstairs…

Niko was off on Friday for Good Friday, but Nina and I had to work. Despite that, Nina was going to surprise him with a movie date that afternoon to see the Super Mario Bros movie. Well, plans had to be changed because when she woke up on Friday morning, Niko and I had to…

Even though we don’t believe in the religious aspects of the holidays, Niko enjoys them because he either gets gifts or food! On Saturday, our neighborhood, had their annual Easter Eggstravaganza, and Niko was excited because he may see some of his classmates from school. Nina and I even brought him a bucket to gather…

Tomorrow, my mom and dad will celebrate their 54th anniversary. That means, they were married in 1969. Thank goodness for Google as I can learn more about that day in history: So, it was a Thursday. Ok, mom and dad, why a Thursday and not a Saturday or Sunday? Oh wow, Mariah Carey was born…

Niko was off all week. He goes back to school tomorrow. Nina was also off all week. Nina goes back to work tomorrow. I was only off one day last week. So, what did Niko do during Spring Break? Well, he played lots of video games, watched a lot of YouTube, built lots of forts,…

Last Thursday morning, I had to get more cough medicine as we used up everything we had in stock. Nina was sick with the flu and a cold and a few days later, I was sick with something different. The commonality we both had was a cough. Last weekend, I was absolutely exhausted, and I…

Nina was sick a few days after Presidents Day with the flu and a cold. I hate seeing her not feeling well and did my best to cheer her up. Mostly, she was in the bedroom, and I was either downstairs working if it was a weekday or upstairs on the sofa with Niko if…

Wow, how about that for alliteration. Yeah, I know, unique! Okay, enough about the English language. Wait, I have one more thing to say on the English language, and that is Niko often asks us about homophones, words that sound the same but are spelled differently. Our explanation is always the English language is weird….

No, this isn’t the title of my unpublished autobiography, but it could very well be. I like everything but candles! One of my many fun names that Nina calls me is Marker! Nina, can you please provide my readers with all of my nicknames? Actually, please don’t. Thanks. No, this is way better than that….

I try my best not to eat all the sweets in the house, because I know that Niko also likes them. But I always tell him, if I do eat them all, we can get more. Nina is smart, and she takes her stash upstairs. Sometimes, Niko will hide some in the pantry so I…

From the moment Niko wakes up to the moment he goes to bed, he is constantly talking. I wonder where he gets that from? You guessed correctly if you said Mark! In the evenings and especially during bed preparation, it’s a lot of WHAT IF questions and ask me questions about school. I leave his…