We decided to go fishing this sunday. The weather was a little cooler than it's been and so thought it was a good chance to go enjoy the sun.

After breakfast, I asked Michael "do you want to go to the toy store (have to get a gift for a friend's birthday party this saturday) or do you want to go fishing?". To my surprise, he said fishing! He has never been fishing before so not sure where he picked up the whole concept of fishing but he was sure enthusiastic about it....

It was my son's 4th birthday this past week. We ended up having 3 birthday parties for him...1 with my immediate family, 1 with friends and classmates, and 1 at his daycare...and I am assuming his mother probably had one with her family. By the end of them, I was jokingly thinking despite the difficulties of divorce on a child, it does have certain "fringe benefits" I guess.

For his "main" present, I got him a Power Wheels Ford F-150 Harley Davidson truck....

I was thinking about a blog post at lohud.com regarding the traditional views about mother/father roles in raising our kids.

I've had custody of my 3 yr old son now for almost 1 1/2 years, and during that whole time, I never really thought about whether the "roles" I've had to assume were “mother or father centric”. They were and are things that I feel or know needs to be done due to the situation life has thrust upon me and my son.

Whether it’s doing household...

My son will be turning 4 soon so I've been thinking about birthday parties. He attends daycare 2 days a week during the summer and they have a program where the parent can plan a party during daycare hours. I will be doing this.

I was also going to plan a more "formal" party with invites to all his school classmates and friends. I was thinking of having it at a place called LittleGyms.

But it seems his mother has also planned a party as well (at Monkey Joe's...not...

My son attends a private school that has a pre-k program. The school is relatively new (around 10 years old) and the student body (pre-k to 12th grade) less than 2,000.

It is in a fairly affluent fast growing area so I expect it will continue to grow and evolve.

They are having a summer camp which Michael is attending. After the dropoff, one of the mothers and I got to talking about the school curriculum. She was concerned whether the school followed a similar curriculum...